AL-AMEER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING &IT

Gudilova Anandpuram Visakhapatnam

IV B.TECH(CSE) II SEMESTER
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE(CS05294) ELECTIVE –IV.
QUESTION BANK FOR MID I (SUBJECTIVE).
1. Explain the importance of user interface with an emphasis on the type and
characteristics of user interfaces available.
2. What is Usability? Explain metrics for usability.
3. Explain briefly the principles of a good screen design.
4. Explain the similarities and differences between GUI & web page design.
5. Explain important human considerations in design.
6. What are the important characteristics of user interface design?
7. Explain the direct and indirect methods used for Business Definition and
requirement analysis.
8. Write short notes on a) Human interaction speeds
b) Performance versus preference.
9. Explain the terms a) foveal and peripheral vision
b) perception
c) mental models.
10. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Graphical systems.
 AL-AMEER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & IT
Gudilova Anandpuram Visakhapatnam

IV B.TECH(CSE) II SEMESTER
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE(CS05294) ELECTIVE –IV.
QUESTION BANK FOR MID II(SUBJECTIVE).
1. Explain how navigation is made possible with System Menus.
2. Explain various types & characteristics of Windows with an emphasis on how
windows are organized for better performance.
3. Explain in brief the essential characteristics of Interaction and pointing devices.
How can these characteristics be related in order to bring about a better screen
design.
4. Explain various window management schemes.
5. Explain website navigation, components and guidelines used for website
navigation.
6. What are the guidelines for selecting proper Device based controls?
7. Explain how color is chosen for Statistical Graphical screens.
8. Explain the various interface building tools with their characteristics.
9. How can color be used inorder to design better webpages.
10. Explain essential characteristics of a) Frames
b) Graphic tablet
c) Spin boxes.
 AL-AMEER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING &IT
Gudilova Anandpuram Visakhapatnam

IV B.TECH(CSE) II SEMESTER
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE(CS05294) ELECTIVE –IV.
QUESTION BANK FOR MID I (OBJECTIVE).
1. The predecessor of Internet is
a) HYPERNET
b) Netscape Navigator
c) ARPANET
d) Delphi.
2. HTML was created in conjunction with the _____ protocol
a) Hypertext
b) Berners-Lee
c) TCP/IP
d) Gopher.
3. The first commercial version of ARPANET is _______
a) Telnet
b) Internet
c) www
d) none of the above.
4. Macintosh is a GUI developed by
a) Microsoft
b) Apple
c) Amazon
d) Netscape Navigator
5. The first successful mass market GUI was ____
a) Apple
b) Microsoft
c) Macintosh
d) STAR.
6. The main focus of the user in the GUI based screen design is on ____
a) information and navigation
b) usability
c) Data and application
d) Security.
7. The main focus of the user in web based screen design is on
a) information and navigation
b) usability
c) data and application
d) security.
8. The response time in the case of GUI is usually
a) constant
b) variable
c) instantaneous
d) infinite.
9. The usual trend in GUI based systems is
a) application oriented approach
b) object action approach
c) object oriented approach
d) b& c above.
10. Based on the user’s needs, profile and user task analysis, the user interface
Developer creates
a) conceptual model
b) user’s mental model
c) both
d) none of the above.
11. UI-prototyping and requirements prototyping are ____ methods for determining
requirements
a) Direct
b) Indirect
c) Heuristics
d) Algorithmic
12. Increase in the no.of Developer-user links will ____ the successfulness of a
Project
a) improve
b) reduce
c) has no effort on
d) drastically reduce
13. A part of the organizations’s intranet that may be accessible from the internet is
a) webpage
b) intranet
c) extranet
d) a&b above.
14. Increase screen resolution will ____ user preference and performance
a) reduce
b) improve
c) has no effect on
d) a or c above.
15. A program on the server that detects the user’s browser type and determines
which version to be downloaded from a website is ____
a) Netscape Navigator
b) Internet Explorer
c) Browser Sniffer
d) None of the above
16. Size of GIF file is ______ that of a JPEG file
a) <
b) =
c) >
d) Can’t be compared
17. Download speed of webpage majorly depends on
a) fastest communication
 b) size of text
c) no. & size of graphics
d) none of the above.
18. A library of controls such as menus, buttons and scroll bars that have a
programmatic interface to be used by programmers and are usually meant for a
specific windowing platform are called___
a) Interface builders
b) User interface management system
c) Toolkit
d) All of the above
19. Static parts of the interface can be created by
a) toolkit
b) interface builder
c) User interface management system
d) None of the above
20. Visual Basic is an example of
a) Toolkit
b) Interface Builder
c) User interface management system
d) None of the above
21. Generally the size of the printed page is ____ when compared to the size of the
web page
a) >
b) <
c) =
d) None.
22. The rendering of printed page is ___ when compared to that of web page
a) superior
b) inferior
c) same as
d) none
23. The fundamental principle in interface design is
a) knowing the application
b) know the user
c) know the design
d) none
24. ____ present information and objects contained within an object
a) content view
b) composed view
c) setting view
d) none
25. _____ view permit seeing and changing object properties
a) content view
b) composed view
c) setting view
d) help view
26. General purpose container for long term storage of objects are __
a) Workplace
b) Workarea
c) Folder
d) None
27. Objects used to hold other objects are called ____
a) workplace
b) workarea
c) folder
d) none
28. A range of cells organized into spreadsheet is an example of
a) container
b) constraint
c) collection
d) composite
29. A document organized into pages is an example of ___
a) container
b) constraint
c) collection
d) composite
30. The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target
a) galitz’s law
b) fitt’s law
c) munsell’s law
d) none
31. Similar typefaces are grouped into _____
a) container
b) groups
c) races
d) none
32. Axial duplication of screen elements is called _____
a) balance
b) regularity
c) symmetry
d) none
33. To simplify a higher level menu, ___ menu is used
a) menu bar
b) pull down
c) cascading menu
d) pop up menu
34. For frequently used contextual commands ____ menu is used
a) menu bar
b) pull down
c) cascading
d) pop up