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SHRI RAMSWAROOP MEMORIAL GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES

B.Tech. [SEM VII (CS,IT)]
TUTORIAL SHEET-3
(Session: 2019-20)
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
(RCS-073)
Unit: III Topic: Screen design
Date of Distribution: 15-09-19 Name of Faculty: Mr. Saurabh
Kumar Jain,Mr.Sandeep Dubey,Dr.Ashish
Baiswar,Mrs.Shilpi Khanna

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Q1) Give the brief history of screen design and State the screen design goals.
Q2) Explain all the screen elements which have meaning to screen users?
Q3) How clarity can be influenced by consistency in design?
Q4) Why ordering of screen data and content is so crucial in screen designing?
Q5) Give some common information ordering schemes?
Q6) Describe the reasons why top-to-bottom orientation is recommended for information entry?
Q7) What are the different qualities which provide visually pleasing composition?
Q8) What are the various techniques used to provide focus and emphasis of user on the screen?
Q9) “Increasing the density of a display increases the time and errors in finding information.” Comment on this
statement.
Q10) Briefly explain the components of statistical graphics.
Q11) Discuss the important human characteristics which have influence on interface and screen design
Q12) Discuss how a poor screen design can distract the user and what a user expects in good screen design.
Q13) Discuss the impact of inefficient screen design on processing time with an example
Supplementary Questions:

Q11) Can you think of any instances in which the ‘noun–verb’ guideline for operations, as suggested in
the Apple human interface guidelines for the Desktop Interface, would be violated? Suggest other
abstract guidelines or principles besides consistency which support your example. (Hint: Think
about moving files around on the Desktop.)
Q12) Using the web design pattern language in The Design of Sites produce a design for an
e-commerce site for a small retail business. How well does the language support the design
process?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:

Q1) What is visual acuity?
Q2)Differentiate performance versus preference
Q3) What is metaphor?
Q4) What is the opposite of predictability?
Q5) Show the difference in diagrammatic view.
Q6) Define Paging.
Q7) Can all screen elements be identified by cues other than by reading the words that make them up?
Q8) How grouping can be done using White Spaces?
Q9) How grouping can be done using borders?
Q10) What is the base of visual style in Web Page Design?
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
5 Create windows and groupings of data or text with
aesthetically pleasing...........
7 Provide functional ................. of associated elements.
13 being consistent and following conventional orders or
arrangements.
14 replicating elements left and right of the screen center
line.
15 establishing standard and consistently spaced horizontal
and vertical alignment points.
References:-
1. Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effect,5TH,Addison-
Wesley Publishing Co.,MARCH 2009.
2. Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, Russell Beale,Human Computer Interaction,3RD,Prentice
Hall,2004.
DOWN
1 Establish a ............. hierarchy and convention for using
typefaces, styles, and sizes.
2 ........................ can be enhanced through separation and
contrast.
3 Create a second version of a Web site.
4 by using as few styles, display techniques, and colors as
possible.
6 Fully display the window or screen element of current
relevance.
8 ....................has a very high attention-getting capability, but
it reduces text readability
and is disturbing to most people.
9 Optimize the number of elements on a screen, within limits
of clarity.
10 Using similar sizes, shapes, or colors for related
information.
11 providing an equal weight of screen elements
12 arranging elements to guide the eye through the screen in
an obvious, logical, rhythmic,
and efficient manner.
3. Wilbert O. Galitz, The Essential Guide to User Interface Design, Wiley Computer Publishing, Second
editition,2002

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