Chapter 7: User Interface, Input, & Output Design

____ describes the relationship between computers and the people who use them to perform business-related

tasks.

• HCI

• PCI

• UI

• PI

Initial screen designs can be presented to users in the form of a(n) ____, which is a sketch that shows the

general screen layout and design.

• storyboard

• turnaround document

• faxback

• output control

Interface designers can obtain data, called ____ metrics, by using software that can record and measure user

interaction with a system.

• aesthetics

• relationship

• ergonomic

• usability

Printed output is used in ____ documents, which are output documents that are later entered back into the same

or another information system.

• detail

• output

• turnaround

• report

A(n) ____ produces one or more lines of output for each record processed.

• detail report

• exception report

• summary report

• Final report

The concept that the quality of the output is only as good as the quality of the input, which sometimes is known

as ____, is familiar to IT professionals, who recognize that the best time to avoid problems is when data is

entered.

• bad input, bad output (BIBO)

• garbage in, garbage out (GIGO)

• poor start, poor finish (PSPF)

• weak hand, weak hold (WHWH)

On a source document, the main part of the form, called the ____, usually takes up at least half of the space on

the form and contains captions and areas for entering variable data.

• instruction zone

• authorization zone

• body zone

• heading zone

An existence check is a data validation check that ____.

• tests data items to verify that they fall between a specified minimum and maximum value

• identifies values that are questionable, but not necessarily wrong

• is performed on two or more fields to ensure that they are consistent or reasonable when considered

  together

• is used for mandatory data items

A ____ workstation is a network terminal that supports a full-featured user interface, but limits the printing or

copying of data, except to certain network resources that can be monitored and controlled more easily.

• command-line

• prescribed

• satellite

• diskless

Because every piece of information should be traceable back to the input data that produced it, a(n) ____ trail

must be provided that records the source of each data item and when it entered the system.

• audit

• index

• source

• control