IT2024-USER INTERFACE DESIGN

TWO MARKS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

UNIT I INTRODUCTION 8

HumanComputer Interface Characteristics Of Graphics Interface Direct Manipulation Graphical

System Web User Interface Popularity Characteristic & Principles.

UNIT II HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION 10

User Interface Design Process Obstacles Usability Human Characteristics In Design Human
Interaction Speed Business Functions Requirement Analysis Direct Indirect Methods Basic
Business Functions Design Standards System Timings Human Consideration In Screen Design
Structures Of Menus Functions Of MenusContents Of Menu Formatting Phrasing The Menu
Selecting Menu ChoiceNavigating Menus Graphical Menus.

UNIT III WINDOWS 9

Characteristics Components Presentation Styles Types ManagementsOrganizations Operations

Web Systems Device Based Controls CharacteristicsScreen Based Controls Operate Control
Text Boxes Selection ControlCombination Control Custom Control Presentation Control.

UNIT IV MULTIMEDIA 9

Text For Web Pages Effective Feedback Guidance & AssistanceInternationalization Accesssibility
Icons Image Multimedia Coloring.

UNIT V WINDOWS LAYOUT TEST 9

Prototypes Kinds Of Tests Retest Information Search Visualization Hypermedia WWW

Software Tools.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Wilbent. O. Galitz ,The Essential Guide To User Interface Design, John Wiley&
Sons, 2001.
2. Ben Sheiderman, Design The User Interface, Pearson Education, 1998.

REFERENCES:

1. Alan Cooper, The Essential Of User Interface Design, Wiley Dream Tech Ltd.,
2002.
 IT2024-USER INTERFACE DESIGN
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

CLASS:IV CSE SEM:VII

UNIT-I INTRODUCTION

PART A

1. What is meant by Human-computer interaction?

It is the study, planning and design of how people and computer work together so that a person
needs are satisfied in the most effective way.

2. What are the benefits of good design?

To improve screen clarity and readability.
It reduces decision making time.
Identifying and resolving problems during the design and development

3. What is meant by GUI?

GUI is a collection of techniques and mechanism to interact with pointing device of some kind.

4. Mention any 2 advantages of graphical system?

Symbols recognized faster than text.
The symbols can be recognized faster and more quickly than text and that graphical
attributes quickly classifying the objects.

5. What are visually presented elements in a graphical system?

Windows
Menus.
Icons.
Screen based controls.
Mouse point and cursor.

6. Define pick and click interaction?

Pick: To identify an element for a proposed action.
Click: The signal to perform an action.

7. Define Visualization.
It is a cognitive process that allows people to understand information that is difficult to perceive,
because it is either too voluminous or too abstract.

8. What is an object and its types?

Object is an entity. It can be manipulated as a single unit.
Objects can be classified into 3 types.
(l) Data object. (2) Container object. (3) Device object.
9. Define property/attribute specification and explain its sequence.
 Property / attribute specification action establish or modify the attributes or properties of
objects.
Property / attribute specification sequence

(l) The user selects an object (ex) several words of text.

(2) The user then selects an action to apply to that object such as the action Bold.

10. Define concurrent performance of functions.

Graphic system may do 2 or more things at one time.
Multiple programs may run simultaneously.

11. What are the goals of web interface design?

It is to build hierarchy of menus and pages tat well structured.
It is graphically rich environment.

12. What is meant by web interface design?

It is essentially the design of navigation and the presentation of information. Proper interface
design is matter of properly balancing the Structure and relationships of menus, content and
other linked documents or graphics.

13. What are the similarities between GUI and web interface design?
They are interactive.
Both are used by people.
Both are software design.

14. Write any 2 differences between GUI and Webpage design.

GUI design Webpage design
Characteristics of interface such as The user device may range from
monitor and modem are well handheld mechanism to high end work
designed station.
It navigate through structured It navigate through links, book marks and
menus ,lists typed URLs.
,screens dialogs and wizards.

15. Write any 2 differences between Printed page versus Web pages?
Printed page Web pages
Layout is precise Layout is approximation
They are presented as complete They are rendered slowly depending
entities and their entire contents are upon transmission speeds and page
available for reading or review content.
immediately.

16. Differentiate the term Internet, Intranet and Extranet.

Intranet: Within organization internal network over a shared infrastructure using dedicate
connections.
Internet: It is a huge network of computer networks.
Extranet: An extranet is a Special set of intranet that can be accessed by authorized persons
from outside an organization or company.

17. Mention any 2 difference between Intranet versus the Internet?

Intranet Internet
It is used for an organization every It is used to find information
day activities.
Need for cross-platform Need for cross-platform compatibility is
compatibility is minimized maximized

18. What is meant by transparency?

Permit the user to focus on the task or job without concern for the mechanics of the interface.

19. Define user interface? What are the components of user interface.
It is a collection of techniques and mechanisms to interact with something. It has two
components Input & Output.

20 .What are the five ways to provide simplicity?

Use progressive disclosure, hiding things until they are needed.
Provide defaults.
Minimize screen alignment points.
Provide Uniformity & consistency.

PART-B

1.Explain the characteristics of GUI

Sophisticated visual presentation

Pick and click interaction

Restricted set of interface options

Visualization

Object orientation

Use of recognition memory

Concurrent performance of functions

2.Explain the significant characteristics of web user interface

GUI versus Web page design

Similarities between GUI and Web page design

 Difference between GUI and Web page design

Difference between printed pages versus web pages

Characteristics of intranet versus internet

-Users

-Tasks

-Types of information

-Amount of information

-Hardware and Software

-Design philosophy

3.Explain the general principles of UID

Aesthetically pleasing

Clarity

Compatability

Comprehensability

Configurability

Consistency

Control

Directness

Efficiency

Familiarity

Flexibility

Forgiveness

Predictability

Recovery

Responsiveness
 Simplicity

Transparency

Trade offs

4.Write short note on human computer interface

Introduction

History

Blossoming of WWW

Screen Design

5.Explain direct and indirect manipulation

Style of interaction for graphical system applied directly

Characteristics of direct manipulation

Disadvantage of direct manipulation

Style of interaction applied indirectly

Substitutes words and text

Substistues typing for pointing

UNIT-II HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION

PART A

1. What are the common pitfalls in the design process?

The common pitfalls are.
No early analysis and understanding of the user's needs and expectations
Little or no creation of design element Prototypes
No usability testing.
Poor communication between members of the development team.

2. Define usability.
It describes the effectiveness of human performance. It can be defined as the capability to be
used by humans easily and effectively.

3. What are the common usability problems?

l. Ambiguous menus and icons.
2. Highlighting and selection limitations.
3. Unclear Step sequence.
4. Complex linkage between and within an application.
5. Inadequate feedback and confirmation

4. Identify human characteristics in design?

The important human characteristics in design are perception, memory, visual and peripheral
vision, sensory Storage, information processing & skill and individual differences.

5. Differentiate between short-term and long-term memory.

Short term Long-term
Contains limited amount of Contains unlimited amount of
information information
Receives information from either Receives information from short term
the senses or long term memory through learning process.

6. What is meant by visual activity?

The Capacity of the eye to resolve details is called visual activity. Visual activity is
approximately halved at a distance of 2.5 degrees from the point of eye fixation.

7. What are the direct methods in requirement analysis?

The direct methods consist of
Individual Face to Face interview.
Telephone Interview or survey.
Traditional Focus group.
Facilitated team work group.
Requirements Prototyping.
Usability Laboratory testing.

8. What are the indirect methods in requirement analysis?

The indirect methods include
Paper survey.
Electronic survey.
Electronic focus group
Marketing and sales.
Support Line.
Email Of Bulletin Board.
System Testing.

9. Define mental model.

It is an internal representation of a person's current conceptualization and understand of
something. Mental model are gradually developed in order to understand, explain and do
something.

10. What are the guidelines for designing conceptual model?

Reflect the user's mental model.
Provide proper and correct feedback.
 Provide action-response compatibility.
Provide design consistency.

11. What are goals of interface design?

The goals in interface design are

Reduce visual work.

Reduce intellectual work.
Reduce memory work.
Reduce motor work.

12. What are the elements of screen?

Elements of a screen include control captions, data or information displayed on the screen &
headings and headlines.

13. What are the components of a statically graphic?

They have at least 2 axes, 2 scales, an area to Present the data, title, legend and key.

14. What are System Training tools?

System training will be based on users needs, system conceptual design,
system learning goals and System performance goals. Training may include tools such as video
training, manuals, online tutorials, reference manuals, quick reference guides and online help.

15. What is test for a good design?

It simply involves the use of display techniques, consistent location of elements, the proper use
of white space and groupings and an understanding of visually pleasing composition. The best
interface makes everything on the screen easily seen.

16. How to achieve clarity?

Clarity is influenced by a multiple factors, such as consistency in design, visually pleasing
composition, a logical and sequential ordering, the presentation of the proper amount of
information, groupings and alignment of screen items.

17. What are the qualities in visually pleasing composition?

Visually pleasing composition contain following qualities such as Balance, Symmetry,
Regularity, Predictability, Sequentially, economy, unity, proportion, simplicity and groupings.

18. What is known as Tabbing?

When a screen is first presented, the cursor must be positioned in the first field or control in
which information can be entered. Tabbing order must then follow the flow of information as it
is organized on the screen.

19. What is necessary for ordering?

Ordering is necessary to

Facilitate search for an item.

 Provide information about the structure and relationship among items.

Provide compatibility with the users mental model of the item structure.

20. Define pull down menu.

It is the first level menus used to provide access to common and frequently used application
action that take on a wide variety of different windows.

PART B
1.Write short notes on human characteristics in design?

Perception

Memory

Sensory storage

Visual sensation

Foveal and peripheral vision

Information processing

Mental models

Movement control

Learning

Skill

Individual differences

Human consideration in design

Users knowledge and experience

Users task and needs

Users phychological characteristics

Users physical characteristics

2.Explain the direct and indirect methods?

Direct method
 Individual face to face interview

Telephone interview

Traditional focus group

Facilitated team workshop

Obsevational field study

Requirements phototyping

User interfec phototyping

Usability laboratory testing

Card sorting for websites

Indirect method

Indirect methods disadvantages

MIS intermediatory for indirect method

Paper survey

Electronic focus group

Marketing and sales

Support line

User group

Competitor analysis

Trade show

System analysis

Requirements collection

3.Discuss about Human consideration In Screen Design

Usage of a screen and a system is important

Organising screen elements clearly and meaningfully

Consistency

Ordering of screen data and content

Screen navigation and flow

Visually pleasing composition

Amount of information

Web page size

Scrolling and paging

Distinctiveness

Presenting information meaningfully and simply

Conveying depth of levels or a dimensional appearance

4.Discuss about the structure of menus

Single menus

Sequential linear menu

Simultaneous menu

Hierarchical menu

Connected menu

Event trapping menus

5.Discussion detail about functions of menus

Functions

Navigation to a new menu

Execute an action or procedure

Displaying information

Data or parameter input

6.Explain about navigating menus

Website navigation

Website organization
 Components of navigation

Links and guidelines

Maintaining a sense of place and website navigation problems

7.Discuss about the kinds of graphical menus

Menu bar

Advantages and disadvantages of menu bar

Pull down menu

Cascading menus

Pop un menus

Tear off menus

Pie menus

Default menu items

8.Explain about phrasing menus

Menu titles

Menu choice description

Menu instructions

Intent indicators

Keyboard equivalents

Keyboard accelerators

UNIT-III WINDOWS
PART A
1. Define window.
A window is a area of the screen usually rectangular in shape, defined by a border that contains a
particular view of some area of the computer. It can be moved and rendered independently on the
screen.
2. What is known as split box?
A Window can split into 2 or more pieces or panes by manipulating a split box located above a
vertical scroll bar or to the left of a horizontal scroll bar.

3. Define size grip?

A size grip is a Microsoft windows Special hand]e included in a window to permit it be resized.
When the grip is dragged the window resizes following the same conventions as the sizing
border.

4. What are the presentation styles of windows?

(l) Tiled windows
(2) Overlapping windows
(3) Cascading windows

5. What are the advantages of Tiled windows?

Advantages of Tiled windows:
The system usual]y allocates and positions windows for the user, eliminating the
necessity to make positioning decisions.
Open windows are always visible, eliminating the possibility of them being lost and
forgotten.
Every window is always completely visible, eliminating the possibility of information
being hidden.

6. What is known as cascading window?

A special type of overlapping window has the window automatically arranged in a regular
progression. Each window is slightly offset from others.

7. What are the different features, of tiled & over lapping window?
Tiled window used for
Single task activities
Data that needs to be seen simultaneously
Tasks requiring little window manipulation
Novice or inexperienced users

0verlapping windows used for:

Switching between tasks
Tasks necessitating a greater amount of window manipulation
Except or experienced users
Unpredictable display contents

8. What are the various types of windows?

l. Primary window: It is the one that appears on a screen when an activity or action is started.
2. Secondary window: They are supplemental windows. It may be dependent or independent of
primary window.

9. Differentiate between cascading and unfolding.

 Cascading: A cascade is used when advanced options at a lower level in complex dialog must be
presented. Present the additional dialog box in cascaded form.
Unfolding: To provide advanced options at the same level in a complex dialog. Provide a
command button with an expanding dialog symbol.

10. What are the various window management schemes?

(l) Single document interface
(2) Multiple document interfaces
(3) Workbooks
(4) Projects

11. Differentiate between SDI & MDI.

SDI MDI
Single document interface Multiple document interface
A single primary windows Managing set of windows
with asset of secondary
windows
Object and window have To represent multiple occurrence
simple one to one relationship of an object.

12. What is meant by windows project?

A project is a similar to MDI,but does not visually contain child windows. The objects held
within the project window can be opened in primary windows that are peers with the project
window.

13. How window is organized?

Organize windows to support user tasks.
Support the most common tasks in the most efficient manner or fewest steps.
Use primary windows to perform major interaction.
Use secondary windows to obtain or display supplemental information
Related to the primary windows.
14. What are the advantages of frames in web systems?
They decrease the user's need to jump back and forth between screens, thereby reducing
navigation related cognitive overhead.
They increase the user's opportunity to request, view and compare multiple sources of
information.
They allow content pages to be developed independently of navigation pages.

15. List some example for device based controls.

Device based controls called input devices are the mechanism through which people
communicate their desires to the system.
Example: track ball, joystick, graphic tablet, light pen & touch screen

16. Differentiate the usage of keyboard with mouse?

Keyboard Mouse
Keying process becomes fast Mouse is slower and it has
 and well learned tendency to move about the desk.
It remain in the same spot. Its Its location cannot be memorized
location can be memorized.

17. What is meant by graphic tablet?

A graphic tablet is a device with horizontal surface sensitive to pressure, heat, light or the
blockage of light. It may lie on the desk or may be incorporated on a keyboard and is operated
with fingers & light pen.

18. What is meant by spin box?

A spin box called spin button is a single field followed by 2 small vertically arranged buttons
inscribed with up and down arrows. A selection entry is made by using the mouse to point at one
of the directional buttons and clicking.

19. What is meant by slider?

A slider is a scale that exhibits the amount or degree of a quantity or quality. A slider
incorporates the range of possible values and includes a shaft representing the range, the values
with label and visual indication of the relative setting through the location of a sliding arm.

20. Differentiate between tooltip from balloon tips.

Tool tips Balloon tips

It can be posted at any time It is used for task bar for a

only one the last posted will specified minimum and maximum
be possible. limits.
It has one or two words that It has a small pop up window that
identify button action contain information presented in a
word balloon.

PART B
1.Explain the components of a window

Frame

Title bar

Title bar icon

Button

Menu bar

Scroll bar
 Split box

Tool bar

Command area

Size grip

Work area

2.Discuss the window presentation styles

2 basic styles

Tiled window advantages and disadvantages

Overlapping windo

Cascading window its advantages

Picking a presentation style

3.Explain the type of windows

Primary window components and purpose

Secondary window components ,purpose and guide lines

Unfolding

Property inspectors

Message boxes

Platte windows

Pop up windows

4.Explain the operations of a window

Guidelines

Opening a window

Sizing windows

Window placement

Window operation
 Moving a window

Resizing window

Maximizing

Minimizing

Restoring

Window shuffling

Keyboard control/mouse less operation

Closing a window

5.Explain device based controls

Direct and indirect devices

Track ball

Joystick-advantages and disadvantages

Graphic tablet

Touch screen

Light pen

Voice

Mouse

-description

-Advantages and disadvantages

-Configurations

-Functions

-Operations and mouse usage guidelines

Keyboard

Keyboard vs mouse

Guidelines for selecting the proper device based control

 Pointer guidelines

6.Write notes on operable controls

Buttons

Toolbars

Command button

Internet indicators

Expansion buttons

Tool bar guidelines

7.Explain about selection controls

Radio buttons

Check boxes

Plattes

List b boxes

Single selection list box

Extended and multiple selection list boxes

List view controls

Drop down pop up list boxes

8.Explain about combination entry /selection controls?

Spin boxes-advantage,disadvantage,description,guidelines

Combo boxes

Drop down/pop up combo boxes

Slider

Tabs
 Date picker

Tree view

Scroll bars

9.Explain about presentation controls?

Static text fields-guidelines ,description,purpose

Group boxes

Column headings

Tool tips

Balloon tips

Progress indicators

Sample box

Scrolling ticker

UNIT-IV MULTIMEDIA
PART A

l. What type of words used in effective communication?

Short familiar words
Standard alphabetic characters
Complete words
Positive terms
Simple action words
Consistent words

2. What are the guidelines followed for sentence and message?

Sentence and messages must be
Brief and simple
Directly and immediately usable
An affirmative statement.
In an active voice.

3. Define message? What are the types of messages?

Messages are communication provided on the screen to the screen viewer. A message should
possess the proper tone and style and be consistent within it.
Types of message:
 System message
Status message
Informational message
Warning message
Critical message
Question message

4. What is meant by instructional message?

Provide instructional information at the depth of detail needed by the user. Locate instruction at
Strategic points on screen. Display instructions in a manner that visually differentiates from all
other screen elements.

5. What is meant by response time?

Feed back to an user for an action must occur within certain time limits. System should match
the speed and flow of human through processes.
6. What is the use of progress indicator?
A progress indicator is a long rectangular box that is initially empty but filled as the operation
proceeds. Dynamically fill the bar with a color or shade of grey.

7. What is known as ear cons?

Sounds sometimes called ear cons, are useful for altering the user.

To minor and obvious mistakes

When something unexpected happens
When a long process is finished

8. Differentiate between slip and mistake?

Slip Mistake
Can be reduced through Can be reduced by eliminating
proper application of human ambiguity from design.
factors in design.

9. What are the ways to prevent errors?

Errors can be reduced in a number of ways
Disable inapplicable choices.
Design screen using selection controls instead of entry controls.
Accept common misspelling whenever possible.
Before an action is performed, permit it to be reviewed.
Provide a common action mechanism.

l0. What is meant by contextual Help?

It provides information within the context of a task being performed or about a specific object
being operated. Common kinds of contextual help command buttons, status bar messages and
tool tips.

ll. What is the purpose of hints?

 To provide a few important contextual but specific items of information related to a
displayed screen.
It is more easily accessible and relevant to te current situation.
The objective is quickly get the user back on track when confusion occurs.

l2. What is meant by internalization?

It is the process of isolating culturally specific elements form a product. The German text of a
program developed in Germany for example is isolated from the program itself.

13. What is meant by localization?

Localization is the process of infusing a specific cultural context into previously internalized
product.
Ex: Translating German Screen Components and message into English for American users.

l4. What is meant by Accessibility?

Accessibility means a system must be designed to be usable by an almost unlimited range of
people. It can be def1ned as providing easy access to a system for people with disabilities.

l5. What are the various types of disabilities?

Disabilities can be grouped into several categories.

Visual

Hearing

Physical movement

Speech or language impairments

Cognitive disorders

Seizure disorders

16. What is meant by icon?

Icons are used to represent objects and action with users can interact with or they can
manipulate. It may be stand alone on a desktop or in a window. It is to reinforce important
information a warning icon in a dialog message box.

17. What are the various kinds of icon?

Symbolic - An abstract image representing something.

Exemplar - An image illustrating an example or characteristic of something.
Arbitrary - An image completely arbitrary in appearance whose meaning must be learned.
Analogy - An image physically or semantically associated with something.
Resemblance An image that looks like what it means.

18. What is meant by dithering?

 If pixels of different colors are placed next to each other, this tremor combines the 2 colors into
a 3rd color. This is referred to dithering.

19. Mention the properties of a color.

Hue: It is the spectral wavelength composition of a color.
Chroma or Saturation: It is the purity of a color in a scale from gray to the most vivid
version of the color.
Value or Intensity: It is the relative lightness or darkness of a color in a range from black
to white.

20) What is known as protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia.

Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia are color viewing deficiencies.
Red viewing deficiency is called protanopia.
Green viewing deficiency is called deuteranopia.
Blue viewing deficiency is called tritanopia.

PART B

1.Explain in detail about text for web pages

Words

Error message

Instructions

Text

Links

Page title

Headings and headlines

2.Explain about effective feedback

Response time

Dealing with time delays

Blinking for attention

Use of sound

3.Explain about Guidance & Assistance

A help facility

Contextual help
 Task-oriented help

Reference help

Wizards

Hints or tips

4.Explain about Internationalization-Accessibility

International Considerations

o Localization

o Cultural considerations

o Writing text

o Using Images and Symbols

o Using images and symbols

o Requirements Deteminations and test

5.Explain about Accessibility

o Accessibility

 Visual disabilities

 Hearing disabilities

 Physical movement disabilities

 Speech or language disabilities

 Congnitive disabilities

o Seizure Disorde

6.Explain in detail about Icons & Images

Kind of icons

Characteristics

Influences on icon usability

Choosing icons

Images

Photographs/Pictures

Diagrams

Drawings

7.Explain in detail multimedia

Graphics

Images

Photographs

Video

Diagram

Drawings

Animation

8.Explain in detail about colors

Introduction

Color uses

Choosing colors

Possible problem with colors

UNIT-V WINDOWS LAYOUT

PART A

1. Differentiate control and section borders.

Control Border Section Border

Incorporate a thin single Incorporate a thicker single line
line border around the border around
elements of selection group of related entry or the
control selection control elements.
2. What are the principles of good screen design?
Present the proper amount of information on each screen.
Providing an ordering that is logical, sequential and rhythmic to guide a persons eye
through the display.
Keep the proportion of the window devoted to information no more than 30 to 40 percent
of the windows entire area.
Maintaining a top to bottom, left to right flow.

3. What is the purpose of usability testing?

Usability testing serves a two hold purpose.
Testing is used to evaluate the product. It validates design decisions.
It establishes a communication bridge between developers and users.

4. What is meant by cognitive walk through?

In a cognitive walk through developers walk through an interface in the context of
representative user tasks. Individual task actions are examined and the evaluators try to establish
a logical reason way the user would perform each examined action.

5. What is meant by think-aloud evaluation?

The users perform specific tasks while thinking out load. The objective is to get the user to talk
continuously.

6. Define focus group.

In a focus group a small group of knowledgeable users and a moderator are brought together to
discuss an interface design prototype or proposed design tasks.

7. Define transition diagram.

It has a set of nodes that represents system states and a set of links between the nodes that
represents possible transitions. Each link is labeled with the user action that selects that link and
possible computer responses.

8. What are importances of usability testing?

It is important for many reasons including the following.
Developers and users possess different models.
It is importance to predict usability from appearance.
Design standards and guidelines are not sufficient.
Informal feedback is inadequate.

9. What is meant by prototype?

A prototype is a simulation of an actual system tat can be quickly created. It is a vehicle for
exploration, communication and evaluation.

10. What are the various searches used in the multimedia document?
Photo search
 Map search
Design or Diagram search
Sound search
Video search
Animation search

11. What are the features of user-interface building tools?

User interface independence

Rapid prototyping
Methodology and notation

12. List some software tools used for user interface design.
a) User interface model can be created with slide show presentation such as Adobe persuasion,
Microsoft-Power point.
b) Apple hyper card, Macro Mind director or A Symmetric Tool Book used for creating
multimedia applications.
c) Visual programming tool paragraph provide direct manipulation

13. What are the benefits of menu trees?

They are powerful as a specification tool since they sow users, managers, implementers
and other interested parties the complete and detailed coverage of the system.
It shows high level relationships and low level details.

14. What are the ways to categorizing the web?

Primary way of categorizing the web sites is by the originators identity.
Second way of categorizing the web sites is by goals of the organization.
Third way of categorizing the web sites is by the number of pages or amount of
information is accessible.
Fourth way of categorizing the web sites is by measure of success.

15. What are the various types of TTT?

One dimensional linear data
Two dimensional map data
Three dimensional data
Temporal data
Multi dimensional data
Tree data
Network data

16. What is the four phase framework to clarify user interfaces for textual search?
Formulation
Action
Results
Refinement
17. Define www.
World website design is a matter of balancing the structure and relationship of menu or one
pages and individual content pages or other linked graphics and documents.

18. Mention the types of prototypes.

Hand sketches and scenarios
Interactive paper prototype
Programmed faade.

PART B

1.Explain in detail about developing and conducting test?

Test plan

Test participants

Test conduct and data collection

Analyze,modify and retest

Evaluate the working system

2.Discuss in detail about the types of testing

Guidelines review

Heuristic evaluation

Cognitive walkthroughts

Think aloud evaluations

Usability test

Classic experiments

Focus group

3.Explain briefy the kinds of prototypes in UID?

Hand sketches and scenarios

Sketches creation processing

Interactive paper prototypes

Programmes facades
 Prototype oriented languages

4.Explain in detail about information search?

Definition

Types of information search

Textual search

Multimedia search

5.Discuss in detail about visualization?

Definition

Visualization data types

1-D linear data

2-D map

3-D world

Temporal data

Multidimentional data

Tree data

Network data

Visualization task

6.Explain in detail about Hypermedia

Definition

Features

Hyper text database

7.Explain in detail about WWW?

Balancing the structure and relationship of menus

Styles and goals for designers

Users and their tasks

Object action interface model for website design

 Web page design

Navigation support

Testing and maintenance of websites

8.Discuss briefly about software tools?

To support design and software engineering and evaluation

Specification methods

Grammar

Menu selection and dialogbox trees

Transition diagrams

State charts

User action notation(UAN)

Interface building tools

Design tools

Software engineering tools

Evaluation and review tools