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Midtermexam
Spring2004CS4750Foley/Kientz
Thistesthas72points.Thepointsforeachquestionareanindicationofhowmany
minutesyoushouldinitiallyspendoneachquestion.
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8 points We can't measure user friendliness. As a result this concept is not too useful
when designing interfaces. Instead we identify specific characteristics about the interface
that we can measure that relate to effectiveness and success. List four such
characteristics, and describe how you would measure them.
Time to become minimally proficient define a level of proficiency (edit a page of
corrections in 15 minutes) and measure how much practice time is needed to get to that
level.
Time to complete set of tasks use some of the critical use cases, measure time to
complete.
Memorability after users get to a certain level of proficiency, then have no use of the
system for a week (or month), then do a time to complete set of tasks test.
Obviousness of commands count fraction commands issued in error to complete a set of
tasks. Can also count number of uses of help system.
Subjective satisfaction after using the system Likert scale questionnaire.
8 points List one advantage and one disadvantage of each of the following ways to
gather requirements:
Focus groups pro:
Focus groups con:
Questionnaires pro:
Questionnaires con:
Interviews pro:
Interviews con:
Observations pro:

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6 points Describe three ways in which short term memory and long term memory differ.
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4 points Describe two specific design decisions where use of Fitts law would be useful
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2.

4 points Under what circumstances is it appropriate to use the keystroke level model?

4pointsExplainwhataWizardofOzprototypeisandwhyitisuseful.
What:
Why:

4pointsWhatarethetwofatalassumptionsyouasauserinterfacedesignercanmake
aboutyouruserbase?
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2.

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10pointsAssumeyourbathroomhasatouchpanelofapproximatesizeshownbelow.
Designacontrolpanelthatcouldbeusedtocontrolthefollowing:waterintheshower;
waterinthewashbasin,washbasindrainopenorclosed,exhaustfanon/off/speed
(speedsofhigh,medium,low),lightingon/off/amount(continuousrangefromfullonto
fulloff)

Basin
Shower

Controlpanellocated
onoutsideshower
wall,facingwash
basin.
Exhaustfan
inceiling

Sketchthecontrolpanelhere.Ifyouwanttostartover,flipthepageandworkthere.

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8pointsForeachofthefollowingpairsofdialoguestyles,statewhichhasthesmaller
gulfofexecutionandexplainwhy.
Keyboardcommandlanguageinputorspokenlanguageinput

Grafittiinputoftextorkeyboardinputoftext

Directmanipulationorkeyboardcommandlanguage

Gesturesascommandsormenuselectionsascommands

4pointsIfonedoesareallygoodjobofknowingtheuserbycarefulstudy,task
analysis,etc,thenofwhatusearedesignguidelines?

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4pointsDuringtaskanalysis/requirementsdefinition,youdevelopedasetofessential
usecases(akascenarios).Why(otherthanthatitwasarequirement)?
Helpsinunderstandingthetask
Helpunderstandhowdifferentpersonasrelatetotasks
Givessomespecificcasesthatcanbeusedtoevaluateproposeddesigns

6pointsNamethreegestaltpsychologyprinciplesandgiveaspecificexampleofhow
eachonecanbeappliedtoUIdesign.(youmayfinditusefultoaugmentyourwritten
answerwithsimplesketches).
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2pointsWhataretwobenefitsofusinglowfidelityUIprototypes?
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