McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Information Technology Engineering (IT) .
Chapters
| 1. |
What is the benefit of good design |
| A. | positive effect or |
| B. | success |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. both a & b | |
| 2. |
& are the main functions of GUI. |
| A. | pointing & selecting |
| B. | selecting & executing |
| C. | pointing & editing |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. pointing & selecting | |
| 3. |
Providing accelerators (e.g. keyboard |
| A. | efficiency |
| B. | learnability |
| C. | attitude |
| D. | utility |
| Answer» A. efficiency | |
| 4. |
Which one of these would NOT be found in a good Human Computer Interaction? |
| A. | common short cuts, like ctrl+z for undo |
| B. | icons that can have specific meanings |
| C. | a long command line to achieve a function |
| D. | sounds that convey meanings |
| Answer» C. a long command line to achieve a function | |
| 5. |
Conventional wisdom says that …………….. tell the user when he has made some mistake. How do you identify the user in the usability engineering lifecycle? |
| A. | program crash |
| B. | system stuck |
| C. | error messages |
| D. | metadata |
| Answer» C. error messages | |
| 6. |
In a heuristic evaluation …………………… |
| A. | a group of usability expert judges an interface with a detailed checklist of guidelines |
| B. | a group of test users conducts a formal experiment |
| C. | a group of psychologists administers a questionnaire |
| D. | a group of usability experts reviews a user interface according to a small set of general principles |
| Answer» B. a group of test users conducts a formal experiment | |
| 7. |
Unlike traditional observation, guided observation ……………….. |
| A. | set a strict guidelines for session activities |
| B. | reduces error introduced by the experimenter |
| C. | sets strict guidelines for session length |
| D. | includes some interaction with participants |
| Answer» B. reduces error introduced by the experimenter | |
| 8. |
& are the main functions of GUI. |
| A. | pointing & selecting |
| B. | selecting & executing |
| C. | pointing & editing |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. pointing & selecting | |
| 9. |
is an intermediate between users and computer. |
| A. | none of the mentioned |
| B. | monitor |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | mouse |
| Answer» B. monitor | |
| 10. |
When users are involved in complex tasks, the demand on can be significant. |
| A. | short-term memory |
| B. | shortcuts |
| C. | objects that appear on the screen |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. short-term memory | |
| 11. |
A pluralistic walkthrough? |
| A. | requires a fully functional prototype |
| B. | at the end of the development process |
| C. | with low-fidelity designs |
| D. | requires having several alternate designs |
| Answer» C. with low-fidelity designs | |
| 12. |
Which of the following is general term for the technology capable of creating a virtual world with intense |
| A. | vr |
| B. | ir |
| C. | ar |
| D. | or |
| Answer» A. vr | |
| 13. |
Concerning the legibility of text: |
| A. | . if lines are too long, the text is hard to read |
| B. | all upper case improves reading speed. |
| C. | a good font size for flowing text is 10 pt. |
| D. | all upper case improves reading speed. |
| Answer» A. . if lines are too long, the text is hard to read | |
| 14. |
What is the best description of a conceptual model? |
| A. | a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates |
| B. | interaction paradigms and interaction modes |
| D. | the problem space faced by the designer when gathering user requirements |
| Answer» A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates | |
| 15. |
Which is the best example of triangulation in data gathering? |
| A. | collecting information about designer\s model, user\s mental model, and system image. |
| B. | sing different theories with which to interpret data. |
| C. | using multiple researchers in a user- centred evaluation. |
| D. | collecting data from users in different ways with different methods. |
| Answer» D. collecting data from users in different ways with different methods. | |
| 16. |
Which of the following is a problem with low-level prototyping? |
| A. | testers tend to comment on superficial aspects and not content. |
| B. | they take too long to build. |
| C. | user expectations can be set too high. |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» D. none of the above. | |
| 17. |
What is an affinity diagram? |
| A. | a diagram showing the degree of connection between people in social networks |
| B. | a diagram used to show people\s cultural affinities or sense of belonging to groups. |
| C. | a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes |
| D. | a variant of a tag cloud that is generated from think-aloud protocols. |
| Answer» C. a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes | |
| 18. |
Where would a card-based prototype best fit in the design process? |
| A. | after conceptual design, before scenario design |
| B. | after scenario design, before storyboarding. |
| C. | after storyboarding, before low-level prototyping. |
| D. | after low-level prototyping, before high- level prototyping. |
| Answer» C. after storyboarding, before low-level prototyping. | |
| 19. |
The following are examples of placing “knowledge in the world”: |
| A. | showing an example of the required date format. |
| B. | using previously entered values as defaults. |
| C. | using shape coding for aircraft controls |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» D. all of the above. | |
| 20. |
Regarding user interface components: |
| A. | vertically scrolling lists support single-item scrolling |
| B. | a single row of tabs (property sheets) is a good user interface design. |
| C. | . on the macintosh, the trash can was used to eject a diskette. |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» D. all of the above. | |
| 21. |
A task of developing a technical blueprint and specifications for a solution that fulfills the business requirements is undertaken in the following phase of the system development process |
| A. | system initiation |
| B. | system implementation |
| C. | system analysis |
| D. | system design |
| Answer» D. system design | |
| 22. |
You are running a user test session and your participant wants to leave half way through the session. What do you do? |
| A. | ask them to stay until the end as planned, so you can collect your data. |
| B. | after ensuring they do not need medical help, let them leave, with your thanks. |
| C. | offer them an incentive payment to encourage them to finish the |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. after ensuring they do not need medical help, let them leave, with your thanks. | |
| 23. |
What is the best description of a conceptual model? |
| A. | a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates |
| B. | interaction paradigms and interaction modes |
| C. | the problem space faced by the designer when gathering user requirements |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates | |
| 24. |
What interaction paradigm did the Xerox Star use? |
| A. | conversation |
| B. | knowledge of a physical desktop |
| C. | embedded computing |
| D. | windows, icons, mouse, and pointer (wimp). |
| Answer» D. windows, icons, mouse, and pointer (wimp). | |
| 25. |
Select the best way of analysing qualitative user comments collected during a user tset |
| A. | classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category |
| B. | find the average and the standard deviation of the data and report it in the body of the report |
| C. | use a scatterplot to graph users on the x axis and comments on the y axis. |
| D. | look for critical incidents to report. |
| Answer» A. classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category | |
| 26. |
What are web analytics? |
| A. | online methods for performing usability tests through the cloud. |
| B. | web-based methods for performing analysis of video records and electronic logs of user interaction |
| C. | web-based methods for performing statistical analysis of data, using tools such as spss |
| D. | online methods for analysing and visualising patterns of visiting a website, viewing |
| Answer» D. online methods for analysing and visualising patterns of visiting a website, viewing | |
| 27. |
Which professional groups are most appropriately involved in preparation and performance of the classic kind of cognitive walkthrough? |
| A. | end users and designers |
| B. | designers and usability experts |
| C. | usability experts and marketing personnel |
| D. | designers and marketing personnel. |
| Answer» B. designers and usability experts | |
| 28. |
Pressing the mouse button in the ? object allows you to drag the document within the window boundaries. |
| A. | button |
| B. | text |
| C. | label |
| D. | header |
| Answer» B. text | |
| 29. |
The following are examples of placing “knowledge in the world”: |
| A. | showing an example of the required date format. |
| B. | using previously entered values as defaults. |
| C. | using shape coding for aircraft controls |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» D. all of the above. | |
| 30. |
The term "physical reception" of stimulus actually describes the |
| A. | infinite capabilities of human |
| B. | skills of human vision |
| C. | unlimited human vision |
| D. | limitation of human vision |
| Answer» D. limitation of human vision | |
| 31. |
Rolf Molich’s Comparative Usability Evaluation (CUE) studies: |
| A. | show there is a large amount of overlap between findings from different teams. |
| B. | show many teams found more problems than they chose to report. |
| C. | use the common industry format (cif) for usability reports. |
| D. | show that usability testing finds all known problems. |
| Answer» B. show many teams found more problems than they chose to report. | |
| 32. |
Regarding the measurement of usability attributes: |
| A. | reliability is measured by performing common use cases |
| B. | . sample expert users are needed to measure efficiency. |
| C. | learnability is determined by measuring the time it takes to explain an interface to a new user. |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. . sample expert users are needed to measure efficiency. | |
| 33. |
Which of these are usability inspection methods? |
| A. | action analysis |
| B. | heuristic evaluation |
| C. | cognitive walkthrough |
| D. | all of the above. |
| Answer» D. all of the above. | |
| 34. |
Exploratory Evaluation: |
| A. | explores the potential design space for new designs. |
| B. | involves collecting process data. |
| C. | a special kind of goal. |
| D. | is a usability inspection method. |
| Answer» A. explores the potential design space for new designs. | |
| 35. |
In general, a pilot test is intended to: |
| A. | discover gear-up accidents with aircraft landing gear. |
| B. | discover unrealistic time estimates for tasks. |
| C. | discover effective equipment. |
| D. | determine an alternative set of tasks for testing |
| Answer» B. discover unrealistic time estimates for tasks. | |
| 36. |
Explanatory undo is, generally, a much more pleasant feature than . |
| A. | single undo |
| B. | multiple undo |
| C. | blind undo |
| D. | incremental undo |
| Answer» C. blind undo | |
| 37. |
Browser Title always contains the word ‘ ’. |
| A. | home |
| B. | default |
| C. | error |
| D. | browser |
| Answer» A. home | |
| 38. |
Conventional wisdom says that …………….. tell the user when he has made some mistake. |
| A. | program crash |
| B. | system stuck |
| C. | error messages |
| D. | metadata |
| Answer» C. error messages | |
| 39. |
How do you identify the user in the usability engineering lifecycle? |
| A. | draw up a user profile |
| B. | run a thinking aloud test |
| C. | assume the role of an apprentice learning from the master craftsman |
| D. | observe representative users |
| Answer» D. observe representative users | |
| 40. |
Which of the following does not belong to 9 heuristics? |
| A. | provide clearly marked exits |
| B. | easy to use |
| C. | minimize user memory load |
| D. | speak user language |
| Answer» B. easy to use | |
| 41. |
Conventional wisdom says that tell the user when he has made some mistake. |
| A. | program crash |
| B. | system stuck |
| C. | error messages |
| D. | metadata |
| Answer» C. error messages | |
| 42. |
The test materials for a usability test should include: |
| A. | oriental script |
| B. | data connection form |
| C. | debriefing topic guide |
| D. | personality questionnaire |
| Answer» C. debriefing topic guide | |
| 43. |
Which is the best example of triangulation in data gathering? |
| A. | collecting information about designer\s model, user\s mental model, and system image. |
| B. | sing different theories with which to interpret data. |
| C. | using multiple researchers in a user- centred evaluation. |
| D. | collecting data from users in different ways with different methods. |
| Answer» D. collecting data from users in different ways with different methods. | |
| 44. |
What was an important feature of the process by which the Mobiphos photograph sharing application (Patel et al., 2009) was evaluated? |
| A. | agile programming methods were interlaces with iterative user testing. |
| B. | four different data gathering techniques were used. |
| C. | participatory design was used. |
| D. | vibrations indicated the arrival of new photos in the application. |
| Answer» B. four different data gathering techniques were used. | |
| 45. |
refers to how good a system at doing What it is supposed to do? |
| A. | safety |
| B. | usability |
| C. | efficiency |
| D. | effectiveness |
| Answer» D. effectiveness | |
| 46. |
applications are great platforms for creating an environment rich, in visual feedback for the user. |
| A. | sovereign |
| B. | transient |
| C. | auxiliary |
| D. | daemonic |
| Answer» A. sovereign | |
| 47. |
is the remarkable facility that lets us reverse a previous action. |
| A. | redo |
| B. | undo |
| C. | repeat |
| D. | delete |
| Answer» B. undo | |
| 48. |
Which one of these would NOT be found in a good Human Computer Interaction? |
| A. | common short cuts, like ctrl+z for undo |
| B. | icons that can have specific meanings |
| C. | a long command line to achieve a function |
| D. | sounds that convey meanings |
| Answer» C. a long command line to achieve a function | |
| 49. |
plays a role to bridge up the gape between the interfaces of machines and human understanding. |
| A. | human |
| B. | computer |
| C. | human computer interaction |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. human computer interaction | |
| 50. |
A is usually a collection of icons those are reminiscent of the purpose of the various modes. |
| A. | button |
| B. | pointer |
| C. | title bar |
| D. | palette |
| Answer» D. palette | |
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