Hashemite University

Prince Huseen Ibn Abdullah II Faculty

for Information Technology

Department of Software Engineering

Final Exam

First Semester 2011-2012

Course Title: Graphical User

Interface (GUI)
Course Number:1003412

Instructor Name: Dr. Khalid AlSarayreh

Exam Date : Thursday January 12th,
2012

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Exam Time: From11 a.m-1 p.m

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Exam Place: Tech. Building

(110,201,101)

Instructions:

Please begin by printing your name and your student number

You are allowed 2 hours (120 minutes) for this exam. Please pace yourself
accordingly.
You may not talk in the exam room between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
You may not use any calculator, notes, or other assistance on this exam.
Your Mobile have to be closed (off) and put your mobile in your pockets during
the exam.
Raise your hand if you have a question.
Questions are allowed during the first 15 minutes of the exam.
All bags and course materials must be placed at the side, front or back of the
room.
Please have on your desk your hashemite university card.
Good Luck.

Question

Total
Points

Score

10

10

15

15

Total

50

Q1] (10 Points) Indicate whether the following statements are True or False by
circling the appropriate letter. justifications are required if your
answer is False.
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The primary goal for menu, form fill-in, and dialog-box designers is to
create

sensible,

comprehensible,

memorable,

and

convenient

organization relevant to the user interfaces

Fisheye menus combine a scrolling menu with a text-entry filed.

The alphaslider uses a single level of granularity in moving the slider

thumb and therefore can support tens or hundreds of thousand of items.

Fast and vast two-dimensional menus give users a good overview of the
choices, increase the number of required actions, and allow rapid selection.

Embedded menus are an alternative to implicit menus, It is natural to allow

users reading about people, events, and places to retrieve detailed
information by selecting menus in context.

Users can form categories of similar items to create a tree structure such
as fonts, size style, spacing

A font-selection menu lists the recently used fonts near the top of the
screen (as well as in the full list), making it easier to quickly select the
popular fonts.

Tree-structured menus, use the exact same words in the higher-level menu
items as in the titles for the next lower-level menu

GPS and radio frequency identification provides same automatic output on

the screen

Telephone menus use hard keys to present context-dependent menu items.

The convention used here is to consistently place selections on the left side
and back or exit options on the right side.

Q2] (10 Points) Complete the following statements by choose a suitable term
for the following?
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A. Guidline

B. Ethnographic
field

C. Task
Analysis

D. Accessibility
guidelines

E.
Participatory
Design

F. Natural and
comprehensible
data layouts

G. Situational
awareness

H. user-friendly

I. social process

K.
managemen
t process

1. Synonyms for --------------- in Microsoft Word 2002 are easy to use; accessible;
comprehensible; intelligible; idiot proof; available; and ready.
2. -------------- Provide a text equivalent for every nontext element.

3. Laying out the user-interface requirements is part of the development and

----------------4. Successful

spatial

data-management

systems

depend

on

choosing

appropriate--------------5. ------------- for inclusion of enhanced 3D features provide overviews so users can
see the big picture
6. Guidelines creation should be a ---------------- within an organization to help it gain
visibility and build support
7. ---------------is used to observe/interview users in their workplace and collect
subjective/objective quantitative/qualitative data.
8. -------------- shows that organizational politics and preferences of certain individuals are more
important than technical issues
9. -------------shows information about the real world that surrounds you by tracking
your movements in a computer model
10.

------------- involves long hours observing and interviewing users

Q3] (15 Points) Each question has FOUR possible answers. Circle the letter of
the best answer for each question.
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10

1. Menu layout techniques includes the following:

a. object
b. user interface components.
c. Position markers
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
4

11

12

13

14

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2. Keyboard shortcuts support:

a. Indentation
b. Bookmarks in browsers.
c. Magic lens
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
3. Users must be familiar with:
a. Full complement of information
b. Format-specific field.
c. Error correction methods
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
4. Users must be familiar with:
a. Full complement of information
b. Format-specific field.
c. Error correction methods
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
5. Enables users to see the real world with an overlay of additional
interaction:
a. Augmented reality
b. 3D interface.
c. 2D interface

6.

7.

8.

9.

d. All of the above

e. None of the above.
Potential Controversies evolve the public policies related to:
a. Privacy
b. Freedom of speech
c. Liability.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
User environment design:
a. Understand organization policies and work culture.
b. Familiarize yourself with the system and its history.
c. Set initial goals and prepare questions.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
One of the following is disadvantages of the command languages :
a. Consumes screen space.
b. Poor error handling.
c. Requires rapid display rate.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
The interacation style includes:
a. Direct Manipulation
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b. Menu selection
c. Natural language
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
10. Teleoperation architicture of the remote environments includes the following complicating factor:
a. Anticipated interface
b. Semantic zooming
c. Illumination
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
11. A taxonomy for mobile device application development could include:
a. Modern direct-manipulation systems
b. Familiar objects and actions representing their task objects and actions.
c. Modern user interface building tools
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
12. Inconsistent action verbs through grammars includes:
a. Take longer to learn
b. Slow down users
c. Harder for users to remember
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
13.

WYSIWYG is used with reference to

a. screen layout
b. mouse button layout
c. keyboard layout
d. screen images that resemble printed documents
e. None of the above
14.
There are several techniques to get the user's attention:
a. Animation
b. Colours
c. Sound
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
15. In the graphical user interface course, the term proponent means
a. Best practices
b. Encapsulate experience
c. Shared language
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.

Q4] (15 points) Please provide BRIEF answers to the following questions:
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(2 Points) Briefly explain what is meant by the terms linear menu and Simultaneous menus.

Linear menu

Simultaneous menus

(4 Points) Fill in the blank boxs the Four Pillars princples of Design?

(3 Points) Briefly explain what do you mean with Integration, Consistency and Portability?

1. Integration:

2. Consistency:

3. Portability:

(2.5 Points) Briefly explain the usability measures for 5 human factors of the central to
community evaluation.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5 (3.5 points) Deferintiate between explanatory and predective theories?

1. Explanatory theories:

2. Predictive theories: