Its Default property is set to "true".

Its TabStop property is set to "true" and its TabIndex property is set to "0".

Its TabIndex property is set to "0".

(a) I only

(b) II only

(c) I and III only

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which heuristic is described in the following statement?

Information that is the same should appear to be the same (same words, icons, and position on the screen). Information that is different should be expressed differently.

(a) Consistency and standards

(b) Visibility of system status

(c) Flexibility and efficiency of use

(d) Help and documentation

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an appropriate time to do an error analysis?

(a) Two or more heuristics give conflicting advice about a particular interface element.

(b) One of your colleagues found heuristic violations that you did not.

(c) Your client disagrees with your findings.

(d) You think you have made a mistake in your usability aspect report.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Is the consistency and standards heuristic violated by an application with a menu called Actions instead of File?

(a) No, if the other menus are also named differently from accepted conventions.

(b) Yes, the application does not follow accepted conventions.

(c) No, if the Actions menu contains similar menu items to File menus in other applications.

(d) Consistency and standards is not applicable in this situation.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.2 of the course notes.

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7.

Which of the following features are designed to accelerate user interaction?

History list in Web browsers.

Bookmarks.

List of shortcuts to recently used files

(a) II and III only

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.4 of the course notes.

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8.

Which of the following is an example of a typical accelerator for frequently used operations?

(a) scrolling by using the keyboard arrow keys instead of the scrollbars

(b) typing (or clicking) the next input before the computer is ready to accept it

(c) increasing the speed with which the mouse moves

(d) function or command keys which combine an entire command into a single keypress

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.4 of the course notes.

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9.

When does the presence of an available Cancel button violate the heuristic visibility of system status?

(a) After the user has clicked an Apply button, and there are no changes that the Cancel button can undo.

(b) When pressing the Cancel button undoes the previous action.

(c) When it is physically set apart from other actions within the interface.

(d) An available Cancel button never violates this heuristic.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.3 of the course notes.

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10.

An interface with no "Undo" would

(a) help people learn not to make frequent mistakes.

(b) impair the user's natural ability to learn by doing.

(c) be able to save files more often.

(d) be less predictable.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.2.3 of the course notes.

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Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

You took 3 minutes on this assessment from Thu Dec 20 14:03:33 UTC+0800 2007 to Thu Dec 20 14:06:21 UTC+0800 2007.

Total score: 80.00

1.

Into which Visual Basic event handler would you insert code to record the fact that the user has selected "CrystalWare(TM) Playback" in this figure?

(a) lstDevice.Scroll

(b) lstDevice_Click

(c) lstDevice.Selected

(d) lstDevice_Scroll

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following heuristics are violated by the Date/Time Control Panel Time Zone ListBox?

Visibility of system status

Consistency and standards

Aesthetics and minimalist design

(a) II and III only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) III only

(d) I and II only

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 20.00

Feedback:

See sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

In Visual Basic, which of the following CheckBox states can a user set interactively by directly manipulating the control?

Unchecked

Checked

Grayed

(a) I, II, and III

(b) II and III only

(c) I only

(d) I and II only

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 20.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) III only

(b) I and II only

(c) I only

(d) I, II, and III

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 20.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(b) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(c) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(d) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 20.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 80.00

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Into which Visual Basic event handler would you insert code to record the fact that the user has selected "CrystalWare(TM) Playback" in this figure?

(a) lstDevice_Click

(b) lstDevice.Scroll

(c) lstDevice_Scroll

(d) lstDevice.Selected

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is an example of a description error as it relates to the heuristic error prevention in an interface?

(a) hyperlinks that are not descriptive of the pages to which they link

(b) buttons with icons but no textual labels

(c) a very long dropdown list

(d) case-sensitive commands

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

Which of the following are true of Checkbox controls:

Checkboxes are most commonly used to allow users to turn the options of larger interfaces on and off.

Checkboxes allow users to toggle only two states interactively: checked and unchecked.

A user cannot directly set a Checkbox to the Grayed state interactively.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) I and II only

(c) I only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I only

(b) III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

(b) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(c) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(d) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following distinguishes Visual Basic ComboBoxes from ListBoxes?

(a) A ComboBox is a ListBox with a pair of up-down buttons.

(b) There is no distinction: they both offer a dropdown list with options.

(c) A ListBox lets the user specify any value.

(d) A ComboBox allows users to specify values other than those supplied on its list.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following heuristics are violated by the Date/Time Control Panel Time Zone ListBox?

Visibility of system status

Consistency and standards

Aesthetics and minimalist design

(a) II and III only

(b) I and II only

(c) III only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

Which of the following are true of Checkbox controls:

Checkboxes are most commonly used to allow users to turn the options of larger interfaces on and off.

Checkboxes allow users to toggle only two states interactively: checked and unchecked.

A user cannot directly set a Checkbox to the Grayed state interactively.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(b) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(c) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

(d) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I only

(b) I and II only

(c) III only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following distinguishes Visual Basic ComboBoxes from ListBoxes?

(a) A ComboBox allows users to specify values other than those supplied on its list.

(b) A ComboBox is a ListBox with a pair of up-down buttons.

(c) A ListBox lets the user specify any value.

(d) There is no distinction: they both offer a dropdown list with options.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following heuristics are violated by the Date/Time Control Panel Time Zone ListBox?

Visibility of system status

Consistency and standards

Aesthetics and minimalist design

(a) I, II, and III

(b) I and II only

(c) III only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

Which of the following are true of Checkbox controls:

Checkboxes are most commonly used to allow users to turn the options of larger interfaces on and off.

Checkboxes allow users to toggle only two states interactively: checked and unchecked.

A user cannot directly set a Checkbox to the Grayed state interactively.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I, II, and III

(b) III only

(c) I only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(b) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(c) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

(d) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

A heuristic used in evaluating prototypes of a user interface:

(a) should be carefully criticized before use.

(b) unambiguously endorses or criticizes the aspect of the interface to which it applies.

(c) may occasionally both endorse and criticize one aspect of the interface.

(d) endorses or criticizes the interface as a whole.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is an example of a description error as it relates to the heuristic error prevention in an interface?

(a) case-sensitive commands

(b) a very long dropdown list

(c) buttons with icons but no textual labels

(d) hyperlinks that are not descriptive of the pages to which they link

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

In Visual Basic, which of the following CheckBox states can a user set interactively by directly manipulating the control?

Unchecked

Checked

Grayed

(a) I only

(b) II and III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) I and II only

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(b) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(c) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(d) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following distinguishes Visual Basic ComboBoxes from ListBoxes?

(a) A ComboBox allows users to specify values other than those supplied on its list.

(b) A ComboBox is a ListBox with a pair of up-down buttons.

(c) A ListBox lets the user specify any value.

(d) There is no distinction: they both offer a dropdown list with options.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is an example of a description error as it relates to the heuristic error prevention in an interface?

(a) hyperlinks that are not descriptive of the pages to which they link

(b) case-sensitive commands

(c) a very long dropdown list

(d) buttons with icons but no textual labels

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

Which of the following are true of Checkbox controls:

Checkboxes are most commonly used to allow users to turn the options of larger interfaces on and off.

Checkboxes allow users to toggle only two states interactively: checked and unchecked.

A user cannot directly set a Checkbox to the Grayed state interactively.

(a) I and II only

(b) II and III only

(c) I only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I, II, and III

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(b) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(c) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(d) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Into which Visual Basic event handler would you insert code to record the fact that the user has selected "CrystalWare(TM) Playback" in this figure?

(a) lstDevice.Selected

(b) lstDevice_Click

(c) lstDevice_Scroll

(d) lstDevice.Scroll

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following heuristics are violated by the Date/Time Control Panel Time Zone ListBox?

Visibility of system status

Consistency and standards

Aesthetics and minimalist design

(a) III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I, II, and III

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

In Visual Basic, which of the following CheckBox states can a user set interactively by directly manipulating the control?

Unchecked

Checked

Grayed

(a) II and III only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) I and II only

(d) I only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(b) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(c) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(d) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) III only

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following distinguishes Visual Basic ComboBoxes from ListBoxes?

(a) A ComboBox is a ListBox with a pair of up-down buttons.

(b) A ListBox lets the user specify any value.

(c) There is no distinction: they both offer a dropdown list with options.

(d) A ComboBox allows users to specify values other than those supplied on its list.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is an example of a description error as it relates to the heuristic error prevention in an interface?

(a) a very long dropdown list

(b) buttons with icons but no textual labels

(c) case-sensitive commands

(d) hyperlinks that are not descriptive of the pages to which they link

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

In Visual Basic, which of the following CheckBox states can a user set interactively by directly manipulating the control?

Unchecked

Checked

Grayed

(a) II and III only

(b) I only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(b) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

(c) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(d) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I only

(b) III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

A heuristic used in evaluating prototypes of a user interface:

(a) endorses or criticizes the interface as a whole.

(b) unambiguously endorses or criticizes the aspect of the interface to which it applies.

(c) may occasionally both endorse and criticize one aspect of the interface.

(d) should be carefully criticized before use.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.4.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following heuristics are violated by the Date/Time Control Panel Time Zone ListBox?

Visibility of system status

Consistency and standards

Aesthetics and minimalist design

(a) II and III only

(b) III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See sections 2.2.2 and 2.4.2 of the course notes.

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3.

Which of the following are true of Checkbox controls:

Checkboxes are most commonly used to allow users to turn the options of larger interfaces on and off.

Checkboxes allow users to toggle only two states interactively: checked and unchecked.

A user cannot directly set a Checkbox to the Grayed state interactively.

(a) II and III only

(b) I and II only

(c) I only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Which of the following interface features does the error prevention heuristic warn us to avoid?

Commands that are very similar

Messages that contain double negatives

Tabbed dialog boxes

(a) I only

(b) III only

(c) I, II, and III

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following is an example of error prevention in an interface?

(a) Checking that the window is not covered by another before displaying a menu.

(b) Not letting a novice user use a keyboard shortcut.

(c) Allowing users to select an item from a list rather than type the name of the item.

(d) Checking all application variables for inconsistencies, after a change to the value of one of them is attempted by the user.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.3.2 of the course notes.

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Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

You took 6 minutes on this assessment from Thu Dec 20 14:07:10 UTC+0800 2007 to Thu Dec 20 14:12:31 UTC+0800 2007.

Total score: 62.50

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) II only

(b) III only

(c) I and III

(d) I only

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(b) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(c) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(d) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 12.50

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(c) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(d) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 12.50

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(b) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(c) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(d) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 12.50

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) I and II only

(b) III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I, II, and III only

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 12.50

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and II only

(b) I and III only

(c) I ,II, and III

(d) II and III only

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Tabbed Dialog controls?

They are "container" controls that can hold other controls.

They are designed to hold more controls than will comfortably fit in one frame.

They have a property that determines how tabs are oriented on the control—on the top, bottom, right, or left side.

(a) I and III only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) II and III only

(d) I and II only

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 12.50

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the Date/Time control panel support the heuristic recognition rather than recall?

(a) The date does not appear on the Time Zone tab.

(b) The time zone is displayed on the Date & Time tab.

(c) A map of the world appears on the Time Zone tab.

(d) The clock has an hour, minute, and second hand.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

(d) This is a redundant display—the time is already presented to the user elsewhere in the interface.

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Total score: 62.50

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(b) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(c) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(d) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) III only

(c) I and III

(d) II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(b) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(c) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(d) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(c) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) I, II, and III only

(b) III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) II and III only

(b) I and II only

(c) I ,II, and III

(d) I and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Tabbed Dialog controls?

They are "container" controls that can hold other controls.

They are designed to hold more controls than will comfortably fit in one frame.

They have a property that determines how tabs are oriented on the control—on the top, bottom, right, or left side.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) II and III only

(c) I and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

(b) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

(c) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(d) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) III only

(b) I and III

(c) II only

(d) I only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(b) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(c) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(d) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(c) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(b) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(c) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(d) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) I, II, and III only

(b) III only

(c) I and II only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and III only

(b) I ,II, and III

(c) I and II only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) II and III only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) II only

(d) I and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(b) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

(c) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

(d) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) III only

(c) II only

(d) I and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(b) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(c) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(d) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(b) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(c) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(d) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(c) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I ,II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I, II, and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Tabbed Dialog controls?

They are "container" controls that can hold other controls.

They are designed to hold more controls than will comfortably fit in one frame.

They have a property that determines how tabs are oriented on the control—on the top, bottom, right, or left side.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) II and III only

(c) I and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the Date/Time control panel support the heuristic recognition rather than recall?

(a) A map of the world appears on the Time Zone tab.

(b) The date does not appear on the Time Zone tab.

(c) The clock has an hour, minute, and second hand.

(d) The time zone is displayed on the Date & Time tab.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I and III

(b) I only

(c) II only

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(b) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(c) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(d) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(c) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(d) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(b) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(c) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(d) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I and II only

(d) I, II, and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and III only

(b) I ,II, and III

(c) II and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) II and III only

(b) I and III only

(c) II only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

(b) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(c) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

(d) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) I and III

(c) III only

(d) II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(b) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(c) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(d) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(b) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(c) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(b) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(c) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(d) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) I and II only

(b) III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I, II, and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and III only

(b) I ,II, and III

(c) II and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) I, II, and III

(b) II only

(c) I and III only

(d) II and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

(b) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(c) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

(d) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Go to top of assessment.

Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) II only

(c) I and III

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(b) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(c) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(d) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(b) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(c) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(b) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(c) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(d) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) I and II only

(b) III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I, II, and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I ,II, and III

(b) I and III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) I and III only

(b) II only

(c) II and III only

(d) I, II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

(b) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

(c) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(d) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

(b) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(c) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(d) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) II only

(c) I and III

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

(b) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(c) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(d) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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4.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(b) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

(c) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(d) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and II only

(b) II and III only

(c) I ,II, and III

(d) I and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (c)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) II and III only

(b) I, II, and III only

(c) III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) I and III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I, II, and III

(d) II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the usability heuristic aesthetics and minimalist design apply to the differences between novice and expert users?

(a) Include as much information relevant to an expert user as you can in an interface.

(b) Make one method of completing a task obvious for novice users, and include hidden complexity for experts.

(c) Invent several different ways to complete a task, and make each of them obvious to all users.

(d) Only allow users one way to complete a task.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Total score: 0

Your performance was as follows:

1.

Which of the following is a reason that adhering to the heuristic recognition rather than recall when designing interfaces is a good idea?

(a) Computers are better at remembering things precisely; people are better at recognizing something that is shown to them.

(b) People have no trouble at all remembering things exactly.

(c) Forcing users to memorize commands is good mental practice.

(d) It takes too long for users to recall commands from memory.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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2.

Which of the following is a way that the Windows 98 Date/Time control panel violates the heuristic help and documentation?

Help messages disappear when the user clicks elsewhere.

There is no help available.

Help messages appear in a completely separate window.

(a) I only

(b) I and III

(c) II only

(d) III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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3.

How does online help better satisfy the heuristic help and documentation than paper manuals?

(a) Online help is always available and easily searchable.

(b) People use paper manuals only when they have no other recourse.

(c) Online help can give more concrete advice than paper manuals.

(d) Paper manuals are always available and easily searchable.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (a)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.1 of the course notes.

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4.

Does the presence of a status indicator as a file is downloading support or violate the heuristic help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors?

(a) It violates the heuristic by providing users with more information than they can deal with at one time.

(b) It supports the heuristic by informing users when a problem has occurred with the download.

(c) It supports the heuristic by allowing users to choose whether or not to pay attention to the indicator.

(d) It violates the heuristic by providing unhelpful information.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.7.2 of the course notes.

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5.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic Textbox controls?

They can be set to hide the characters that are entered into them, allowing them to be for password entry.

They can be set to display either a single line of text or multiple lines.

They support keyboard editing of text but not conventional mouse select-edit functions.

(a) III only

(b) II and III only

(c) I, II, and III only

(d) I and II only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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6.

Which of the following are true of Visual Basic scrollbar controls?

They are not typically used for tasks where particular or exact values are needed.

They can be manipulated in three ways: by clicking their arrow buttons, by clicking and dragging their "thumb," and by clicking anywhere on the bar between their "thumb" and arrow buttons.

They are represented on the toolbox palette by two icons.

(a) I and II only

(b) I and III only

(c) II and III only

(d) I ,II, and III

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.5.2 of the course notes.

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7.

To determine if a Visual Basic control is actually in a container control and not merely "floating" over it, one can

move the container control to see if the control in question moves with it.

check to see if the control in question's AutoBuddy property is set to the name of the container control.

move the control in question to see if it is limited to staying within the borders of the container control.

(a) II and III only

(b) I, II, and III

(c) II only

(d) I and III only

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (d)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.2 of the course notes.

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8.

How does the Date/Time control panel support the heuristic recognition rather than recall?

(a) The date does not appear on the Time Zone tab.

(b) The time zone is displayed on the Date & Time tab.

(c) The clock has an hour, minute, and second hand.

(d) A map of the world appears on the Time Zone tab.

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer is (b)

Your score on this question is: 0.00

Feedback:

See section 2.6.3 of the course notes.

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Total score: 0

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You took 13 minutes on this assessment from Wed Nov 7 14:31:54 UTC+0800 2007 to Wed Nov 7 14:44:10 UTC+0800 2007.

Total score: 81.82

1.

A Visual Basic button will hold the focus when the interface is first presented to the user, if