HCI Mid-term

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10. What's a good size set for heuristic evaluation groups? A) Small group of 3 B) Same groups as development stage C) Larger group for the bigger chunks of the software.

5 Answer: A

21. True or False: It is important to give users feedback on what happens next.

A: True

22. True or False: Metaphors are useful in familiarizing users with your interface.

A:True

11. What are three basic tools of visual design? A) Layout, Typography, Color B) Typology, Color, Context C) Content, Layout, Typography

ANSWER: A

14. A grid is most useful for A) Placing items on a template B) Knowing how many rows or columns there are C) Fill in void spaces

ANSWER: A

17. What are options to enhance a grid? A) Make fonts different weights B) Make everything capitalized C) Allowing at least half an inch of whitespace

ANSWER: A

24. Different rows on a page may adhere to different grids. A) True B) False

ANSWER: A

9. A good visual design is: A) Often unnoticed B) Includes big headings and titles C) Incorporates different types of fonts

ANSWER: A

19. When is it necessary to give feedback about time? A) When the response time is more than 1 second B) When there are multiple stages of input C) When a user's battery is running low

ANSWER: A, B

10. Which of the following is not a Gulf of ______? A) Execution B) Development C) Evaluation

ANSWER: B

16. What is an unnecessary constraint? A) Something that ties a user to their desk B) Something that doesn't allow the user the full use of a web site or interface C) Something that limits the movements of the user through a web site or interface for no real reason D) Something that stops a user from accessing password protected content

ANSWER: B

18. At what point should you show progress? A) Immediately B) If it is going to take more than a couple second C) If it is going to take more than 1 minute

ANSWER: B

18. When creating a template, it is a good idea to A) Think about what the user wants to see first B) Design for the longest text block C) Use left aligned text as much as possible D) Make sure there's enough whitespace

ANSWER: B

4. When designing a logo, what type of font should you probably use? A) A familiar font, like Times New Roman B) A unique font that will catch the eye and be memorable C) A serif font D) A sans serif font

ANSWER: B

15. Grids in visual design typically do not have A) Columns B) Gutters C) Rows D) A baselines

ANSWER: C

17. What is the point of show system status? A) Provide feedback B) Show the system C) Both A&B D) None of the Above

ANSWER: C

20. What's a good way to design with color? A) Use as much as possible to attract the user's eye B) Use none at all C) Design in grayscale first and then add color to your design D) Only use one or two colors in total throughout your design

ANSWER: C

26. A good way to gather information on how users think your categories should be organized is... A) Ask for feedback through email B) Give the option to select more than one category C) Have an "other" category where the user can enter anything

ANSWER: C

27. When should you deviate from a pattern? A) When it is artistically pleasing B) It is fine to deviate from your pattern arbitrarily C) When you want to distinguish information

ANSWER: C

6. What design techniques can you use to make a black of text more readable? A) Use the same font size and shape throughout the document B) Make sure that the layout is well thought out and that you only use one font color C) Place whitespace in the document to differentiate between the different parts of the message and use different sized and styled fonts to draw attention to the important information D) Make sure that the text is aligned in the center of the document

ANSWER: C

7. Readability of a font is mostly due to A) Whether the font has serifs B) Size of a font C) How accustomed you are to a font.

ANSWER: C

8. What is not one of the three goals for visual design? A) To guide the user B) To pace the user C) To control the user D) To express the message of the information provided in the document or website

ANSWER: C

14. What isn't part of the User Control and Freedom category? A) Freedom to exit B) Freedom to explore C) Consistent names and layout D) Consistent typeface and grids

ANSWER: D

3. When designing a website, what font should you use? A) A serif font B) A sans serif font C) A font that is familiar and frequently used, like Times New Roman D) A font that is familiar and has a high x-height

ANSWER: D

7. What is not part of a heuristic evaluation? A) Pre evaluation training B) Evaluation C) Debriefing D) Preliminary evaluation

ANSWER: D

9. Why is simply asking what people want bad practice? A) People may not know what they want B) People may over or underestimate how much they want a particular feature C) Sometimes people won't know they like something until they see it D) All of the above

ANSWER: D

23. True or False: When selecting language to use in your interface, always use language that most accurately describes what you are talking about, rather than using more common terms.

ANSWER: FALSE

21. Graphical designers layout web pages using what? A) Randomizing algorithms B) Grids C) Staircase designs ANSWER:B 22. Grid systems are comprised of what? A) Columns, gutters, and rows B) Columns, rows, and diagonals C) Columns, gutters, and baselines

ANSWER:C

23. What font weight shows emphasis? A)Light B)Normal C)Heavy

ANSWER:C

13. What consist of the User Control & Freedom a) Exit b) Enter c) Repeat d) Nothing.

Answer A

26. When designing for a language that reads left to-right, ____ aligned text is fastest to skim. A) left B) right C) centered

Answer A

9. _____ x height is useful for online design because it is easier to read at smaller point sizes or low resolution screens. A) high B) low C) medium

Answer A

25. When creating templates, Design for the _______ text block. A) Shortest B) Longest C) Most important D) Least important

Answer B

41. To ensure data loss prevention methods and not creating duplicates there should be a: A. Delete all button B. Preview button C. Help button D. Recommendation button

Answer B

8. What is the space between the lines called? A) Gutter B) Leading C) White Space D) Line Space

Answer B

40. Making clearer choices means replacing "yes" and "no" with: A. Maybe B. Alot of options C. Specific choices D. Yeah and Nah

Answer C

20. What should you show the user to show system status? A) Show Time B) Show Space C) Show Change D) All of the above

Answer D

36. Feedback depends on: A. Cost B. Resources C. the project D. Response time

Answer D

1. True or False. Using familiar metaphors mean that providing a match in interface with what people are familiar in their lives/real world experience. Speaking the user's language is key.

Answer True

8. What is consistency also knowns as? a) standard b) reliability c) feedback d) visibility

Answer is A

18. A perceived affordance or signifier is an example of: a. feedback b. discoverability c. visibility d. reliability

Answer is B

1. What is important about white space? A. Whitespace conveys grouping B. Whitespace is not ever wanted when it comes to design C. You always want a LOT of white space with little color D. You always want least white space possible with LOTS of color

Answer: A

10. Using consistent names to? A) Help the user understand how to characterize a problem when contacting a company, B) When speaking to a student. C) When writing technical documents.

Answer: A

11. What does familiar Metaphors and Language mean? a) Trying to provide a match in the interface b) Assigning issues together c) Taking an action d) replacing a match

Answer: A

13. For Time, what does the feedback depend on? A. Response time B. Relies on nothing at all C. Fractional Progress D. Outcome

Answer: A

14. Which of the following is not a way to reduce gulfs in a design? A) Making all options visible at once B) Providing functionality to undo actions C) Giving feedback on what the user has done D) Consistency in design across screens

Answer: A

2. What are some ways to improve a block of text? A) add whitespace B) use size contrast C) All the above

Answer: A

28. What is the main part of composing a grid? A) Columns B) Rows C) Header

Answer: A

29. What is the gutter of a grid? A) white space between columns B) heading of the columns C) below the columns

Answer: A

3. Alignment ___________. A) guides the eye, reducing clutter B) does not matter C) creates a grid

Answer: A

3. Provide users with Freedom to... A) Undo and Explore B) Reject and Revise C) Pause and Skip D) Cry and Laugh

Answer: A

31. What is an example of user control and freedom? A) Undo B) Metaphor C) Next Steps

Answer: A

32. A consistent layout is important in design A) True B) False

Answer: A

35. Why is it important to have feedback? A. To let users know of outcome B. it provides insight C. improves performance D. Feedback is a way to learn

Answer: A

39. Which heuristic involves having the same button in the same location? A. consistent layout B. clear layout C. familiar categories D. familiar choices

Answer: A

4. Websites that use a lot of abbreviations are usually intended for what type of user? A) Experts on a subject or in a specific industry etc. B) Students from the millennial generation because they grew up texting one another. C) Web designers who need more white space for a page they are designing.

Answer: A

4. What do you use visual proximity and scale for? A. To convey semantic information B. To notice patterns C. To deviate from a pattern D. All the above

Answer: A

4. Which heuristic involves having the same button in the same location? A. consistent layout B. clear layout C. familiar categories D. familiar choices

Answer: A

43. Showing space allocation is an examples of a. system status b. familiar metaphors c. data loss d. user control

Answer: A

5. Which of the following is not a good way to reduce gulfs in a design? A. Making all options visible at once B. Providing functionality to undo actions C. Giving feedback on what the user has done D. Consistency in design across screens

Answer: A

7. Metaphors are especially important when learning a new user interface (desk, folders, files). A. True B. False

Answer: A

7. Use terms and language familiar to the user. A) True B) False

Answer: A

8. What does the empirical way of evaluating mean? A) Assess with real users B) Models and formulas to calculate measures C) Software measures D) All of the above

Answer: A

very few things should be permanent or irreversible. A. True B. False

Answer: A

1. Grids must be of equal width. A) True B) False

Answer: B

1. True/ False All letters have the same weight throughout the entire letter. A. True B. False

Answer: B

10. Its custom to have what percent as your leading? A) 15% B) 20% C) 30% D) 45%

Answer: B

10. True / False You should always design your colors before worrying about design on the remainder of the webpage. A. True B. False

Answer: B

11. Designing a web site in grayscale first allows what? A) To verify everything important can be easily found? B) Take pressure off you during the design phase allowing you to focus more on the page layout. C) Is a new trend in web design but, but takes time to get use to building a site with no color.

Answer: B

11. Which of the following is not a phase of Heuristic Evaluation? a) Evaluation b) Scalability testing c) Severity rating d) Debriefing

Answer: B

12. What is the gulf of execution? A) What the user does when presented with an interface B) How the user knows what to do when presented with an interface C) What happens when the user selects something D) How the designer "tells" the user what to do

Answer: B

12. ______ conveys grouping. A) Tight spacing B) Whitespace C) Blackspace

Answer: B

13. What is the best design for a person to quickly read? A) Centered text B) Left aligned C) By using rows instead of columns D) Right aligned

Answer: B

17. What is an advantage of non destructive operations? a) Prevents the user from making a mistake b) Allows the user to explore c) Neither a or b d) Both a and b

Answer: B

2. What is `Leading`? A) The first letter written to start each sentence. B) The space between each line. C) None of the above.

Answer: B

2. What is the trade off of space in between elements? A) take up more horizontal space B) take up more vertical space C) there is no trade off

Answer: B

2. What order are the heuristic evaluation phases performed in? a) Severity rating, pre evaluation training, evaluation, debriefing b) Pre-evaluation training, evaluation, severity rating, debriefing c) Pre-evaluation training, debriefing, severity rating, evaluation d) Debriefing, severity rating, pre-evaluation training, evaluation

Answer: B

34. How do you avoid the confusion users face when selecting from categories unique to themselves? A) it is virtually impossible B) Use consistent names C) Do not allow users to decide D) Use various names

Answer: B

37. At what point in time would a task require feedback that displays how much progress has been made? A) Always B) A few seconds C) A few minutes D) More than a few minutes

Answer: B

5. Websites that use several colors are more effective at drawing people in than websites that use color sparingly. A) True B) False C) N/A

Answer: B

5. When should you get peer critique? A) During the brainstorming phase of the application build. B) Before user testing and redesigning. C) After a control group has submitted their feedback.

Answer: B

6. Main parts of a grid system: set of columns and a set of _______ (white space in between the columns) A. Rows B. Gutters C. Baselines D. Invisible grids

Answer: B

6. What is Discoverability? A. Where an idea is known B. All operations can be discovered by systematic exploration C. A non destructive interaction D. All of the above

Answer: B

7. True / False The grid on websites can never be broken A. True B. False

Answer: B

8. The grid must always be aligned. A) True B) False C) N/A

Answer: B

9. Why is it important to design critique before user testing? A) Users get bored quickly B) It allows users to focus on the big issues C) It is not

Answer: B

12. What best describes the pre evaluation phase of Heuristic Evaluation? A) individuals evaluate and then aggregate results B) determine how severe each problem is C) give evaluators needed domain knowledge and information on the scenario D) review with the design team

Answer: C

12. What is leading? A. the rows B. column C. space between the line

Answer: C

15. Which gulf reduction principle emphasizes the importance of allowing users to undo previous inputs? A) Feedback B) Reliability C) Non destructive D) Consistency

Answer: C

27. When should you show fractional progress over time? A) <1 second B) ~1s C) >1 Second

Answer: C

30. Why is the use of familiar categories important? A) To prevent confusion among users B) So that decisions can be quickly made C) Both A and B D) It is easier to design that way

Answer: C

38. Which one of the following is a not an implementation of user control and freedom? A) Allowing users to redo or undo changes B) Exits from mistaken choices C) Not including a back button D) Not forcing people down fixed paths

Answer: C

4. Providing intermediate feedback is an example of displaying time on what design heuristic. A. Consistency B. Recognition over recall C. Show system status D. Control and Freedom

Answer: C

44. Which of the following is not included in the categories of things to provide feedback to the user? A) Time B) Space C) Color D) Action E) All of the above

Answer: C

5. Where should the most important things be located? A) At the center of the page, so users are able to see it faster? B) Towards the bottom of the page, to force users to have to see the whole site before clicking somewhere else. C) At the top.

Answer: C

30. What typographic concept helps with grouping related elements together? (a) Font size (b) Weight (c) Leading (d) Kerning

Answer: C Typography

11. What reduces gulfs? A) Visibility B) Consistency C) Non destructive operations D) All of the above

Answer: D

13. What is the gulf of evaluation? A) When the user decides what path to take in the interface B) How the program evaluates the user's inputs C) How the designer evaluates suggestions from user's on interface design D) How the user knows what happens when they do something

Answer: D

2. What are the advantages of use a GUI? A. Immediate feedback on actions B. Continuous representations of objects C. Leverage metaphors from the real world D. All of the above

Answer: D

3. The use of typographic variation and ____ contrast helps to give the content some sense of the visual hierarchy. A. Color B. Text C. Image D. Size

Answer: D

3. What types of familiarity should be used? a) Familiar metaphors b) Familiar language c) Familiar categories d) All of the above

Answer: D

4. Tangible interfaces couple: A. A mouse with clickable buttons B. Menus with a touch screen C. Windows with scroll bars D. Physical objects with digital representations

Answer: D

6. Using what helps bring users into a new online world? A.Detail B.Color C. Space D. Framliar Metaphors

Answer: D

8. The amount of control and freedom in a system should be appropriate for the users and appropriate for the tasks. A. Hardware/OS distribution B. Stakeholders/programmers C. Input/output D. Users/tasks

Answer: D

9. Applications are easier to learn when? A. When they are colorful B. When there are limited controls C. When the are complicated D.The same buttons are in the same place

Answer: D

9. Using _________ well helps guide your eye and reduce clutter. A. Invisible grids B. Gray scale C. Grouping D. Alignment

Answer: D

13. Why should you use a typeface with a higher x height for text that will be published online? A) Because you can read the text faster B) They look nicer C) Because people prefer these kinds of typefaces D) They are easier to read at small point sizes and on lower resolution devices.

Answer: D Direct Manipulation (Interaction Techniques)

16. How can a designer reduce gulfs? a) Provide visibility b) Provide feedback c) Provide Consistency d) Provide Non destructive operations e) All of the above

Answer: E

2. True or false. User control and freedom doesn't allow users to ever undo mistakes nor redo them. It is very strict.

Answer: False

25. True or False: The layout of your pages should be different and not consistent.

Answer: False

5. Using consistency means speaking the user's language and following conventions that they are familiar with. A. True B. False

Answer: False

24. True or False: You should use language familiar to the user.

Answer: True

28. What is one reason redundant feedback is important? a. Users need to see things more than once or they don't understand. b. Users might be colorblind. c. Users should be able to contact the webmaster when there is an error on the page. d. Redundant feedback is not a desirable quality.

Answer: b

29. Real world metaphors help bring users into a new online world. What is not an example of these metaphors? a. Desktop b. Trash c. Files d. Keyboard

Answer: d

33. Users come to expect that the same buttons will be in the same locations. This is an example of which principle? a. Freedom to Explore b. Consistency & Standards c. Recognition over recall d. Aesthetic & minimalist design

Answer:b

11. What is the point size? A. the height of the letter B. the width of the letter C. The boldness of the letter D. the length of the letter

Correct Answer: A

1. What is the goal of Heuristic Evaluation? A) To provide a way to assess the probable quality of any redesigns. B) To replace usability testing. C) To find usability problems in a design. D) All of the above

Correct Answer: C

6. Which of the following is the concept of Debriefing when it comes to Heuristic Evaluation? a) giving the evaluators domain knowledge and info on the scenario b) when rating problems individually then as a group c) when reviewing evaluations with design team d) when evaluators need time to process what the problems are

answer:c

42. A match between an interface and a real world is called a. control and freedom b. consistent choices c. Familiar metaphors d. system status

correct answer C

6. What is consistent among different fonts? a) lead block size b) point size c) width d) xheight

answer: A

7. How should one use white space? a) have it in the margins of the page b) group similar context or chunk visual design c) emphasize navigation through the webpage d) around all paragraphs so there is a visual break

answer: B

5. Which is the hardest to read? a) serif b) lower case numbers c) small caps font d) sanserif

answer: C

19. Which of the following do not justify the importance of patterns? a) reduces need to use rows b) when you deviate from a pattern it is noticeable c) it is easier for the eyes to skim d) people automatically notice patterns

answer:A

12. What is the purpose of grids, groupings and alignments? a) create hierarchy b) expresses meaning c) convey structure d) allow appropriate white space

answer:C

10. Which of these are not a goal of visual design? a) breathe life into content b) draw people by providing hooks c) convey structure and relationships d) create the same amount of white spae as there is used space

answer:D

16. When using column layouts, how do you make your page dynamic? a) adding rows to make it more of a grid layout b) adding a navigation column c) varying columns consist of only pictures d) varying content spread through multiple columns

answer:D

15. Which of the following is not a way to solve consistency when it comes to naming? a) not using ambiguous terms b) using manager/company terms c) having an other option for user input d) all of the above

answer:b

12. How can one incorporate familiar metaphors and language? a) using consistent layouts b) disallowing incorrect input c) use common terms d) show status of application

answer:c


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