Deck 12: Application Design IU: The User Interface

Question 1

The ________ is where the interaction between the user and the application takes place.

A) requirements phase
B) user interface
C) system level
D) application

Answer 1

user interface

Question 2

The user interface is primarily ________ that makes the interaction between two different worlds of human and machine possible.

A) an interpreter
B) a device
C) a use case
D) an information system

Answer 2

an interpreter

Question 3

The graphical user interface translates the binary language of the computer into ________ of the real world.

A) a symbolic language
B) the java language
C) the metaphors
D) xml

Answer 3

the metaphors

Question 4

It is the responsibility of the ________ to translate the computer language to metaphors that human understands.

A) UI designer
B) system analyst
C) system programmer
D) system user

Question 5

The messages that are received by the user interface layer and transmitted to the application are classified as ________.

A) GUI
B) output
C) input
D) DOS

Question 6

The messages sent from an application to a user are classified as ________.

A) output
B) input
C) GUI
D) DOS

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the UI responsibilities?

A) accepting and editing user input
B) producing human-intelligible output
C) guiding users to accomplish tasks
D) all of the above

Question 8

The manner in which the user interface guides users through the flow of the application is called ________.

A) navigation
B) the layout
C) workflow
D) a guideline

Question 9

The ________ interface is the type of interface where the user types instructions to the computer in a special language.

A) interactive
B) real-time
C) user friendly
D) command-line

Question 10

The ________ approach enables users to interact with the computer through real-world metaphors.

A) user friendly
B) Graphical User Interface (GUI)
C) real-time
D) applet programming

Question 11

The user interface is a layer of ________ objects that manage interaction with the user.

A) control
B) boundary
C) utility
D) virtual

Question 12

Each metaphor in the vocabulary of user interface can signify ________ role(s).

A) multiple
B) a single
C) two or less
D) Metaphors have nothing to do with roles.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of interface containers?

A) Web pages
B) forms
C) frames
D) all of the above

Question 14

Containers organize and present visual controls for a ________ purpose.

A) specific
B) general purpose
C) future
D) visual

Question 15

Displayers provide ________ information.

A) textual
B) textual and pictorial
C) pictorial
D) input and output

Question 16

The main window of a word-processing application is an example of a(n) ________.

A) displayer
B) visual control
C) editor
D) container

Question 17

A slider that controls the sound level and the balance of various devices connected to the sound card is an example of a(n) ________.

A) editor
B) displayer
C) container
D) selector

Question 18

A Find button is an example of a(n)________.

A) executor
B) editor
C) displayer
D) selector

Question 19

Object signifiers point toward anything that can be represented as a distinct entity such as ________.

A) a document
B) a Web site
C) an application
D) all of the above

Question 20

Hyperlinks are widely used as ________.

A) selectors
B) navigators
C) containers
D) editors

Question 21

________ represent objects, their properties, and/or their methods.

A) Object signifiers
B) Navigators
C) Displayers
D) Containers

Question 22

________ are an example of manipulators.

A) Icons
B) Scroll bars
C) Menus
D) Buttons

Question 23

________ in the user interface is achieved when the user can predict what kinds of actions produce what kinds of results.

A) Multifunction
B) Consistency
C) Credibility
D) Navigation

Question 24

________ must be adapted to the problem at hand.

A) Patterns
B) Consistency
C) Manipulation
D) Buttons

Question 25

User interface design must map ________ into UI metaphors.

A) messages
B) parameters
C) return values
D) all of the above

Question 26

Each metaphor in the user interface can signify multiple ________.

A) names
B) colors
C) directions
D) roles

Question 27

A pattern is the core of the solution to a problem that occurs ________ in an environment.

A) seldom
B) repeatedly
C) occasionally
D) the least often

Question 28

A form is an example of a(n)________.

A) container
B) executor
C) displayer
D) editor

Question 29

Text boxes are examples of ________.

A) containers
B) executors
C) displayers
D) editors

Question 30

Labels, graphs, and pictures are examples of ________.

A) containers
B) selectors
C) displayers
D) editors

Question 31

When working on the aesthetics of a user interface, the developer must consider the ________ of whoever pays the development expenses.

A) taste
B) position
C) responsibility
D) authority

Question 32

In developing a user interface, presenting and organizing visual controls on containers is called ________.

A) aesthetics
B) the display
C) the layout of the interface
D) the visual aspect

Question 33

In developing a user interface, organizing the sequence of containers that the user must traverse to accomplish a task is called ________.

A) the layout
B) aesthetics
C) navigation
D) the path

Question 34

In the movie industry, directors often resort to ________ to communicate their vision to producers, set designers, photographers, and actors.

A) scenarios
B) storyboarding
C) playwrights
D) animations

Question 35

In developing a user interface, we need ________ to identify the units of the user interface and the services that the units must perform.

A) class diagrams
B) use cases
C) activity diagrams
D) context diagrams

Question 36

A UML modeling tool that can be more successfully adapted to navigation is ________.

A) the context diagram
B) collaboration
C) the sequence diagram
D) a statechart

Question 37

A set of frames connected by navigation lines that tells a story or displays scenes from a story constitutes ________.

A) story telling
B) storyboarding
C) story writing
D) story making

Question 38

Storyboards can be used to ________.

A) elicit response from domain experts
B) gather requirements
C) verify the narrative of use cases
D) all of the above

Question 39

The flow of the application and the contents of forms and Web pages can be presented by ________ storyboards.

A) logical
B) physical
C) visual
D) vertical

Question 40

________ is the creation of a working model for testing and verification of requirements.

A) Prototyping
B) Simulation
C) Logical storyboarding
D) Physical storyboarding

Question 41

The user interface is the boundary between the problem domain and the solution domain.

Question 42

The user interface is responsible for translating real-world messages into imaginary ones.

Question 43

The UI lends itself more to guidelines and rules than any other building block of the information system.

Question 44

An information system is useless unless human beings can interact with it.

Question 45

A virtual information system works on the same principles and has the same structure as the workings and the environment in which humans live.

Question 46

The problem domain and the solution domain of an information system perform the same task.

Question 47

The user interface serves three masters: the application, the programmer, and the user.

Question 48

Use cases provide the general outlines of how users view the system and what they expect from it.

Question 49

In application design, the user interface is viewed as the backbone of virtual objects.

Question 50

The messages that are received by the user interface layer and transmitted to the application are classified as output.

Question 51

The behavior of displayers can be dynamic or non-dynamic.

Question 52

The appropriate use of displayers is more science than art.

Question 53

Navigators are specialized subclasses of executors and sometimes resemble selectors.

Question 54

Input/Output devices are software that allows real-world users to interact with the virtual world of the information system.

Question 55

Decorators, such as colors, fonts, and pictures, contribute directly to the functionality of the user interface.

Question 56

Sounds are not part of visual interface.

Question 57

The design of the user interface often follows a pattern for solving similar problems repeatedly.

Question 58

A scroll bar is used to allow the user to select from a long list of hierarchical data and options without losing focus of the relationships between them.

Question 59

An option box is used to identify actions that relate to one object.

Question 60

The user interface is the concrete realization of messages within the system.

Question 61

There are hardly any constraints that apply to the user interface.

Question 62

The main purpose of the user interface is to enable the user and the system to exchange messages.

Question 63

The user interface requires models that are understood only by programmers.

Question 64

A dialog box that displays error messages is an example of interface composition.

Question 65

Storyboards cannot be used to elicit responses and gather requirements.

Question 66

Logical and physical storyboards are the same and convey the same kind of information.

Question 67

Storyboarding lacks formal notation; that is, no standards exist about frames and their relationships.

Question 68

Storyboarding is quite rigid and cannot adapt itself to UML.

Question 69

Prototyping and simulation produce the same results.

Question 70

A prototype is a light version of the application that implements only the most essential features of the final product.

Question 71

The user interface is responsible for translating real-world messages into virtual ones and virtual messages into real ones.

Question 72

The user interface must guide users through the steps necessary to accomplish meaningful tasks.

Question 73

UI objects that are visible to users are called metaphors.

Question 74

The language of the user interface is predominately visual, and visual controls constitute the majority of the symbols in its vocabulary.

Question 75

A pattern is the core of the solution to a problem that occurs repeatedly in an environment.

Question 76

Features that are specific to UI design are layout and navigation.

Question 77

A navigation diagram is an adaptation of a statechart diagram that shows what forms or Web pages are displayed in response to application events.

Question 78

The vocabulary of the user interface is dominated by metaphors such as buttons, menus, and scrollbars.

Question 79

Each metaphor in the user interface can signify only one role.

Question 80

The object-oriented methodology favors a component-based approach to prototyping.