Birla Institute of Technology &
Science, Pilani
Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division
Second Semester 2017-2018
Comprehensive Examination (EC-3
Make-up)
Course No. :
SS ZG547
Course Title :
USABILITY ENGINEERING
Nature of Exam : Open Book
Weightage : 45%
Duration : 3 Hours
Date of Exam : 29/04/2018 (AN)
Note:
1.
Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the
cover page of the answer book.
2.
All parts of a question should be
answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
3.
Assumptions made if any, should be
stated clearly at the beginning of your answer.
Q.1.
Explain what the term
accessibility means, and why it is important for providers of information (e.g.
government departments) to address the issues.
Assume that you
are playing an UI designer role to develop an accessible application for Indian
post office website, describe the list of elements you would consider to
achieve accessibility and it should prevent problems before they are caught by
testing [7]
Q.2.
Your task is to design an
interface for waiters working at XYZ Café. The waiters should be able to very
quickly take up orders from customers and it should be an engaging
mobile/tablet based app. The system should be almost as fast as just writing
the orders down, and the main point of it is that it goes into the kitchen and
the payment system directly, avoiding extra steps and fuss. It should also
engage waiters throughout the day.
Develop a
prototype to show different screen layouts and justify your design thoughts.
[7]
Q.3.
Your task is to design UI for a
community website targeted for parents. This would help parent to connect with
every other parents and learn on parenting. The site should also provide an
option to organize/host events related to healthcare, education, insurance and
financial planning. The site should be highly engaged.
What are the
design patterns you would consider to design such web applications and explain
your design thoughts on overall design? [7]
Q.4.
Suppose if you are working on
an airline data analysis project where you are involved in designing user
experience of an application which is used to analyze various dataset and
provide following insightful information: [8]
a.
Find list of airports operating
in the country
b.
Find the list of airlines
having zero stops
c.
List of airlines operating with
code share
d.
Which country (or) territory
has the highest number of airports?
e.
Find the list of active
airlines in the United States
•
List and briefly describe
three different types of QUANTITATIVE evaluation data that you could collect to
test the interface.
•
List and briefly describe
three different types of QUALITATIVE evaluation data that you could collect to
test the interface.
•
Outline the structure of
a suitable test plan for evaluating this interface.
Your answer should consider the test
environment, the protocols for data collection, kinds of data you will collect
and how the data will be useful to the design team.
Q.5 (a) Explain different options which are available to evaluate usability
during active use of your application. [3]
Q.5 (b) What knowledge is needed to build an adaptive help system? Explain
with an appropriate example [3]
Q.6. Describe the
differences between high fidelity prototyping and low fidelity prototyping and
give an example for each, illustrating how you would use it [5]
Q.7. Most modern GUIs are
based on the Desktop Metaphor seen with operating systems such as Windows and
Mac OS.
(a)
What is meant by Desktop
Metaphor in the context of User Interfaces?
(b)
Briefly discuss how the Desktop
Metaphor could be improved in the future.
[5]
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