CS1014 – USER INTERFACE DESIGN

UNIT – 1

16 Marks Question and Answers

1. Explain briefly about the Characteristics of GUI?

 Sophisticated Visual Presentation

 Pick and click Interaction
 Restricted set of Interface options
 Visualization
 Object Orientation
 Properties or Attributes of Objects
 Actions
 Application versus object or Data Orientation
 Views
 Use of recognition memory
 Concurrent performance of functions

2. Mention the Advantages and Disadvantages of GUI in detail?

Advantages:
 Symbols recognized faster than text
 Faster learning
 Faster use and Problem solving
 Easier remembering
 More natural
 Exploits visual or spatial cues
 Fosters more concrete thinking
 Provide context
 Fewer errors
 Increased feeling of control
 Immediate feedback
 Predictable system responses
Disadvantages:
 Greater design complexity
 Learning still necessary
 Lack of experimentally derived design guidelines
 Inconsistence in technique and terminology
 Working domain is the present
 Not always familiar, Inefficient for expert users
 Human comprehension limitations, Hardware limitations
 Window manipulation requirements , Inefficient for touch typists
3. Write a detail note on Characteristics of Web User Interface?
 GUI versus Web page Design
 Devices
 User focus
 Data information
 User tasks
 Users conceptual space
 Presentation elements
 Navigation
 Context
 Interaction
 User assistance
 Integration
 Reliability
 Printed pages Versus Web Pages

 Page size
 Page rendering
 Page layout
 Page resolution
 User focus
 Page navigation
 Sense of place
 Interactivity
 Page independence

4. Explain the general principles of User Interface Design?

 Aesthetically pleasing
 Clarity
 Comprehensibility
 Configurability
 Consistency
 Control
 Directness
 Efficiency
 Familiarity
 Flexibility
 Forgiveness
 Predictability, Trade-offs
 Recovery, Transparency
 Responsiveness, Simplicity
5. Explain the characteristics of intranet and internet? Mention its difference?

 Characteristics of Intranet and Internet

 Users
 Tasks
 Type of information
 Amount of information
 Hardware and software
 Design philosophy
 Extranets

6. Explain in detail about web navigation?

 Web users control their own navigation through links, bookmarks, and typed URL,s

 Navigation is a significant highly visible concept with few constraints.

 UNIT – II

1. Explain the importance of human consideration in UI design with suitable example?

 Users Knowledge and Experience

 Computer Literacy
 System experience
 Application experience
 Task experience
 Other system use
 Education
 Reading level
 Typing skill
 Native language and culture
 Users tasks and Needs
 Mandatory and discretionary use
 Frequency of use
 Task or need importance
 Task structure
 Social interactions
 Primary training
 Turnover ride
 Job category
 Lifestyle
 Users psychological characteristics
 Stress
 Expectations
 Cognitive style
 Users physical characteristics
 Age
 Hearing
 Vision
 Cognitive processing
 Gender
 Handedness
 Disabilities

2. What is requirement analysis? What are the methods involved in it? What is the impact of it on
UI design?
 Direct Methods
 Individual face to face interview
 Telephone interview or survey
 Traditional focus group
 Facilitated team workshop
 Observation field study
 Requirements prototyping
 User interface prototyping
 Usability laboratory testing
  Indirect Methods

 MIS intermediary
 Paper survey or questionnaire
 Electronic survey or questionnaire
 Marketing and sales
 Electronic focus group
 Support line
 Bulletin board
 User group
 Competitor analysis
 Trade show
 Other media analysis
 System testing

3) (a) Explain the Structure of Menus?

 Single Menus
 Sequential Linear Menus
 Simultaneous Menus
 Hierarchical Menus
 Connected Menus
 Event-Trapping Menus

(b) Explain the Menu can be phrased? (8)

 Menu titles
 Menu choice descriptions
 Menu instructions
 Intent indicators
 Keyboard equivalents
 Keyboard accelerators

4) (a) Explain the functions of Menus? (8)

 Displaying information
 Navigation to a new menu
 Execute an action or procedure
 Data or parameter input

(b) Explain briefly about Formatting of Menus? (8)

 Consistency
 Display
 Presentation
 Organization
 Complexity
 Item arrangement
 Ordering
 Groupings
5) What is Statistical Graphics? Explain the Components of a Statistical Graphics?

 Statistical graphical is data presented in a graphical format.

 Components of a statistical graphics
 Data presentation
 Axes
 Scales and Scaling
 Proportion
 Lines
 Labeling
 Title
 Aiding interpretation of Numbers

6) Explain the types of Statistical Graphics?

 Curve and Line graphs

 Surface chats
 Scatter plots
 Bar graphs
 Segmented or stacked bars
 Pie charts

7) Discuss briefly about Navigating Menus?

 Website navigation problems

 Navigation goals
 Website navigation
 Components of website navigation systems
 Website navigation guidelines
 Maintaining a sense of place

8) Explain the Kinds of Graphical Menu?

 Menu bar
 Pull down menu
 Cascading menus
 Pop up menus
 Tear off menus
 Iconic menus
 Pie menus
 Default menu items
 Functions not represented by default items
 UNIT – III

1. Explain how windows are useful? Explain its Components

 Window characteristics
 Components
 Frame
 Title bar
 Title bar icon
 Window sizing buttons
 What’s This? Button
 Menu bar
 Status bar
 Scroll bar
 Split box
 Toolbar
 Command area
 Size grip
 Work area

2. a) Explain briefly about the presentation styles of window? (8)

 Tiled windows
 Overlapping windows
 Cascading windows
 Picking a presentation style

b) Explain about window management? (8)

 Single document interface(SDI)
 Multiple Document interface(MDI)
 Workbooks
 Projects

3. Discuss briefly about the types of windows?

 Primary window
 Secondary window
 Dialog boxes
 Property sheets and property inspectors
 Message boxes
 Palette windows
 Pop up windows

4. Write a note on Organizing Window Functions?

 Window organization
 Number of windows
5. a) Explain the types of Device Based Controls?
 Trackball
 Joystick
 Graphic tablet
 Light pen
 Touch screen
 Voice
 Mouse
 Keyboard
b) Explain the guidelines for selecting the proper device-based controls? (8)
 Task characteristics
 User characteristics and preferences
 Environmental characteristics
 Hardware characteristics
 The device in relation to the application
 Flexibility
 Minimizing eye and hand movements

6. Explain the types of Operable Controls?

 Buttons
 Slider
 Tabs
 Date picker
 Tree view
 Scroll bars

7. Explain the types of Presentation Controls?

 Static text fields
 Group boxes
 Column headings
 Tool tips
 Balloon tips
 Progress indicators
 Sample box
 Scrolling tickers
8. Explain types of Controls other than Operable Controls?
 Text entry read only controls
 Selection controls
 Radio buttons
 Check boxes
 Palettes
 List boxes
 List view controls
 Drop down or pop up list boxes
 Combination entry controls
 Spin boxes
 Combo boxes
 Drop down boxes
 Custom controls

9. Explain guidelines for selecting the proper CONTROLS?

 Entry versus selection – A comparison
 Comparison of GUI controls
 Control selection criteria
 Choosing a control form
 UNIT – IV

1. Write a note on Writing Message Box Text?

 Title bar text
 Message box text
 Message box controls
 Message location
 Other message consideration
 Instructional messages

2. What is Text? Write a note on presenting text and writing text?

 Define text
 Presenting text
 Fonts
 Width
 Content
 Miscellaneous

 Writing text
 Sentences and paragraphs
 Style

3. Discuss briefly about text on web pages?

 Words
 Error messages
 Instructions
 Text
 Presentation
 Writing
 Links
 Link titles
 Page title
 Heading and headlines

4. Write a note on providing the proper feedback?

 Response time
 Dealing with time delays
 Blinking for attention
 Use of sound

5. Write a note on Guidance and Assistance?

 Preventing errors
 Problem managements
 Providing guidance and assistance
 Instructions or prompting
 Help facility
 Contextual help
 Task oriented help, Hints or tips
 Reference help, Wizards
6. Explain the types of Disabilities?

 Visual disabilities
 Hearing disabilities
 Physical movement disabilities
 Speech or language disabilities
 Cognitive disabilities
 Seizure disorders

7. Explain Kinds of Icons, Characteristics of icons and Choosing Icons?

 Kinds of Icons
 Resemblance
 Symbolic
 Exemplar
 Arbitrary
 analogy
 Characteristics of Icons
 Syntactic
 Pragmatics
 Choosing Icons
 Size
 Colors
 Odd number of pixels
 Icon selection
 Hot zone

8. Write a note on Organizing Guidelines?

 Creating groupings
 Borders
 Control borders
 Section borders
 Dependent controls
 Aligning screen elements
 Vertical orientation and vertical alignment
 Horizontal orientation and vertical alignment
 Horizon alignment
 Section alignment
 Balancing elements
9. Discuss briefly about windows Guidelines and Web page Guidelines.
 Window guidelines
 Organization
 Number
 Size
 Web page guidelines
 General
 Layout grid
 Elements
 Size
 Organization
 Formatting
 Other
 Home page
 Page elements
 UNIT – V

1. Write a note on Scope of Testing?

2. Write a note on information Search?
3. Explain the different kinds of test in detail?
 Guidelines review
 Heuristic evaluation
 Cognitive walkthroughs
 Think aloud evaluation
 Usability test
 Classic experiments
 Focus groups
 Choosing a testing method
4. What are the steps for developing and conducting test?
 Test plan
 Test participants
 Test conduct and Data collection
5. Explain www with an example?
6. Discuss briefly about software tools?