CS 160 MIDTERM EXAM 2026 | ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED | BRAND
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Building a successful interface: step 1 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------task analysis and contextual inquiry
Building a successful interface: step 2 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------rapid prototyping
Building a successful interface: step 3 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------evaluation
Building a successful interface: step 4 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------iteration: back to 1
What is task analysis and contextual inquiry? Observe ________; create
scenarios of ______; create models to gain _____ into work _____ ------
,---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------existing practices; actual use; insight;
processes
Rapid prototyping is when you build a _______ of a design ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------mock up
Low fidelity techniques ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------paper
sketches, cut copy paste, video segments
Interactive prototyping tools? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
HTML, Flash, JS, etc.
What is evaluation? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Analytically
evaluating, testing with real target users
Low cost techniques for evaluation? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----expert evaluation, walkthroughs
,Higher cost evaluations? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Controlled usability study
3 steps in the design cycle ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Design, prototype, evaluate
The Design Process (in detail): Steps (7) ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------
---------Acceptance, analysis, definition, ideation, idea selection,
implementation, evaluation, iterate.
The Design Process: Acceptance ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
You must accept that you have to get started and must become
committed; key is to set motivation
The Design Process: Analysis ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Understand users and tasks (Who/what?)
The Design Process: Definition ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Focus on the problem, choosing the appropriate level of detail
, The Design Process: Ideation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Brainstorming, stretch mental muscles, get physical (put stuff on walls),
IDEO rules: one convo, stay focused, be wild QUANTITY BRUH
The Design Process: Idea Selection ---------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
--Define importance of each idea (address problem?, target usres like
it?, can we do it?, cost?, market window?); Rank ideas according to
criteria and pick top N
The Design Process: Implementation ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------
-----Scale up low -> high fidelity
Low fidelity prototype ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------sketches,
paper, etc.
Medium fidelity ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Flash, JS, AJAX
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | JUST RELEASED | BRAND
NEW VERSION!
Building a successful interface: step 1 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------task analysis and contextual inquiry
Building a successful interface: step 2 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------rapid prototyping
Building a successful interface: step 3 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------evaluation
Building a successful interface: step 4 ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
------iteration: back to 1
What is task analysis and contextual inquiry? Observe ________; create
scenarios of ______; create models to gain _____ into work _____ ------
,---CORRECT ANSWER-----------------existing practices; actual use; insight;
processes
Rapid prototyping is when you build a _______ of a design ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------mock up
Low fidelity techniques ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------paper
sketches, cut copy paste, video segments
Interactive prototyping tools? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
HTML, Flash, JS, etc.
What is evaluation? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Analytically
evaluating, testing with real target users
Low cost techniques for evaluation? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------------
----expert evaluation, walkthroughs
,Higher cost evaluations? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Controlled usability study
3 steps in the design cycle ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Design, prototype, evaluate
The Design Process (in detail): Steps (7) ---------CORRECT ANSWER--------
---------Acceptance, analysis, definition, ideation, idea selection,
implementation, evaluation, iterate.
The Design Process: Acceptance ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
You must accept that you have to get started and must become
committed; key is to set motivation
The Design Process: Analysis ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Understand users and tasks (Who/what?)
The Design Process: Definition ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Focus on the problem, choosing the appropriate level of detail
, The Design Process: Ideation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Brainstorming, stretch mental muscles, get physical (put stuff on walls),
IDEO rules: one convo, stay focused, be wild QUANTITY BRUH
The Design Process: Idea Selection ---------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
--Define importance of each idea (address problem?, target usres like
it?, can we do it?, cost?, market window?); Rank ideas according to
criteria and pick top N
The Design Process: Implementation ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------
-----Scale up low -> high fidelity
Low fidelity prototype ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------sketches,
paper, etc.
Medium fidelity ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Flash, JS, AJAX
