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MIS 3320 Baylor Sullivan Final Review
The term usability encompasses TWO related concepts. What are they? - ANS-Ease of
use and ease of learn
When implementing the 'minimize user effort' factor, most interface designers follow the
______________ - ANS-Three-click rule
Typically, the first step in the user interface design process is - ANS-Understand the
user
Map the following principles for user interface design with the correct example for each
principle.
Layout
Content awareness
Aesthetics
Consistency - ANS-Layout - a top area is used for commands and navigation
Content Awareness - use breadcrumbs to list pages in a hierarchical order
Aesthetics - never use all capital letters, except possibly for titles
Consistency - use the same icon and/or command to perform a search
Assume you are developing an interface design prototype for your system. If your goal
is to convey the basic content and behavior of the screen or the screen's functionality,
and not how it looks, which interface design prototype method will you use? -
ANS-Wireframe
A design prototyping method that allows an analyst to envision the use of the screens
(both the screen's functionality (including how the screen will look like) and the flow form
one screen to another) to accomplish an overall task is called _____________ -
ANS-Wireflow diagram
One of the basic principles of the navigation design is - ANS-Simplify recovery from
mistakes
One method you can use to organize your interface is ____________ - ANS-Site map
An interface evaluation technique that allows users to actually work with the prototype in
one-on-one sessions with members of the project team and convey their opinions (what
they like/dislike) about the interface is called ___________ - ANS-Interactive evaluation
, Which of the following is NOT a general test stage? - ANS-Module testing
(system testing, unit testing, integration testing are)
An n-tiered architecture is distinguished by: - ANS-The number of specialized server
computers
Valery is testing a new payroll system at her company. Her goal is to test whether the
original business requirements are met by the new system. This test is also to ensure
that changes made as the result of integration testing did not create new errors. What
type of testing does she do? - ANS-Requirement testing
A type of unit testing that looks inside the program to test its major element is called
_______ - ANS-White-box testing
The two fundamental documentation types are: - ANS-System documentation and user
documentation
Which one of the following options is an example of access control requirement? -
ANS-Customer service reps can modify customer files but not delete them
What is a server-based architecture? - ANS-When the server is performing all four
application functions and the clients only capture keystrokes
The primary hardware components of a system consist of: - ANS-Client computers,
servers, and network
What is the objective of architecture design? - ANS-To determine what parts of the
application software will be assigned to what hardware
What is a common process analysts use to validate data models? - ANS-Normalization
When normalizing data models, if you take attributes that have multiple values for a
single instance of an entity and create separate entities for those attributes, you are
checking - ANS-1st normal form
According to the video lectures on ERD normalization from DFD Level-0, how do you
identify the entities from a Data flow diagram? - ANS-From datastores and external
entities of an DFD
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