MIS 3320 BAYLOR SULLIVAN FINAL
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
The term usability encompasses TWO related concepts. What are they? - ANS Ease of use
and ease of learn
When implementing the 'minimize user effort' factor, most interface designers follow the
______________ - ANS Three-click rule
Typically, the first step in the user interface design process is - ANS Understand the user
Map the following principles for user interface design with the correct example for each
principle.
Layout
Content awareness
Aesthetics
Consistency - ANS Layout - a top area is used for commands and navigation
Content Awareness - use breadcrumbs to list pages in a hierarchical order
Aesthetics - never use all capital letters, except possibly for titles
Consistency - use the same icon and/or command to perform a search
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,Assume you are developing an interface design prototype for your system. If your goal is to
convey the basic content and behavior of the screen or the screen's functionality, and not how
it looks, which interface design prototype method will you use? - ANS Wireframe
A design prototyping method that allows an analyst to envision the use of the screens (both the
screen's functionality (including how the screen will look like) and the flow form one screen to
another) to accomplish an overall task is called _____________ - ANS Wireflow diagram
One of the basic principles of the navigation design is - ANS Simplify recovery from mistakes
One method you can use to organize your interface is ____________ - ANS Site map
An interface evaluation technique that allows users to actually work with the prototype in one-
on-one sessions with members of the project team and convey their opinions (what they
like/dislike) about the interface is called ___________ - ANS Interactive evaluation
Which of the following is NOT a general test stage? - ANS Module testing
(system testing, unit testing, integration testing are)
An n-tiered architecture is distinguished by: - ANS The number of specialized server
computers
Valery is testing a new payroll system at her company. Her goal is to test whether the original
business requirements are met by the new system. This test is also to ensure that changes made
as the result of integration testing did not create new errors. What type of testing does she do?
- ANS Requirement testing
A type of unit testing that looks inside the program to test its major element is called _______ -
ANS White-box testing
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, The two fundamental documentation types are: - ANS System documentation and user
documentation
Which one of the following options is an example of access control requirement? -
ANS Customer service reps can modify customer files but not delete them
What is a server-based architecture? - ANS When the server is performing all four application
functions and the clients only capture keystrokes
The primary hardware components of a system consist of: - ANS Client computers, servers,
and network
What is the objective of architecture design? - ANS To determine what parts of the
application software will be assigned to what hardware
What is a common process analysts use to validate data models? - ANS Normalization
When normalizing data models, if you take attributes that have multiple values for a single
instance of an entity and create separate entities for those attributes, you are checking -
ANS 1st normal form
According to the video lectures on ERD normalization from DFD Level-0, how do you identify the
entities from a Data flow diagram? - ANS From datastores and external entities of an DFD
According to the video lectures on normalization, there are THREE potential anomalies that can
be associated with the 1st Normal Form. What are these anomalies? - ANS Insert, deletion,
and update anomalies
Under the ORDERED ITEM entity, the Item_Name attribute only depends on Item_Number, but
not Order_Number. In an ERD, this kind of dependency is called - ANS Partial dependency
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REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
The term usability encompasses TWO related concepts. What are they? - ANS Ease of use
and ease of learn
When implementing the 'minimize user effort' factor, most interface designers follow the
______________ - ANS Three-click rule
Typically, the first step in the user interface design process is - ANS Understand the user
Map the following principles for user interface design with the correct example for each
principle.
Layout
Content awareness
Aesthetics
Consistency - ANS Layout - a top area is used for commands and navigation
Content Awareness - use breadcrumbs to list pages in a hierarchical order
Aesthetics - never use all capital letters, except possibly for titles
Consistency - use the same icon and/or command to perform a search
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Assume you are developing an interface design prototype for your system. If your goal is to
convey the basic content and behavior of the screen or the screen's functionality, and not how
it looks, which interface design prototype method will you use? - ANS Wireframe
A design prototyping method that allows an analyst to envision the use of the screens (both the
screen's functionality (including how the screen will look like) and the flow form one screen to
another) to accomplish an overall task is called _____________ - ANS Wireflow diagram
One of the basic principles of the navigation design is - ANS Simplify recovery from mistakes
One method you can use to organize your interface is ____________ - ANS Site map
An interface evaluation technique that allows users to actually work with the prototype in one-
on-one sessions with members of the project team and convey their opinions (what they
like/dislike) about the interface is called ___________ - ANS Interactive evaluation
Which of the following is NOT a general test stage? - ANS Module testing
(system testing, unit testing, integration testing are)
An n-tiered architecture is distinguished by: - ANS The number of specialized server
computers
Valery is testing a new payroll system at her company. Her goal is to test whether the original
business requirements are met by the new system. This test is also to ensure that changes made
as the result of integration testing did not create new errors. What type of testing does she do?
- ANS Requirement testing
A type of unit testing that looks inside the program to test its major element is called _______ -
ANS White-box testing
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, The two fundamental documentation types are: - ANS System documentation and user
documentation
Which one of the following options is an example of access control requirement? -
ANS Customer service reps can modify customer files but not delete them
What is a server-based architecture? - ANS When the server is performing all four application
functions and the clients only capture keystrokes
The primary hardware components of a system consist of: - ANS Client computers, servers,
and network
What is the objective of architecture design? - ANS To determine what parts of the
application software will be assigned to what hardware
What is a common process analysts use to validate data models? - ANS Normalization
When normalizing data models, if you take attributes that have multiple values for a single
instance of an entity and create separate entities for those attributes, you are checking -
ANS 1st normal form
According to the video lectures on ERD normalization from DFD Level-0, how do you identify the
entities from a Data flow diagram? - ANS From datastores and external entities of an DFD
According to the video lectures on normalization, there are THREE potential anomalies that can
be associated with the 1st Normal Form. What are these anomalies? - ANS Insert, deletion,
and update anomalies
Under the ORDERED ITEM entity, the Item_Name attribute only depends on Item_Number, but
not Order_Number. In an ERD, this kind of dependency is called - ANS Partial dependency
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