Topic 4 - Design Principles

Designing for different age groups is an example of focusing on different what?

• User needs

• Experience levels

• Interface layouts

• Programming languages

Which of the following is NOT listed as a design principle for effective user interaction?

• Colour

• Font style

• Language

• Animation speed

If you were designing a website for a sofa company, which texture would be more suitable for the background?

• White linen fabric

• Glossy futuristic blue

• Metal mesh

• Concrete

Which of the following is NOT an example of where colour is used in user interface design?

• Button colour

• Background colour

• Text colour

• Font size

Which of the following scenarios would most likely use a natural, earthy colour scheme and a wood-like texture in its user interface design?

• A website selling oak wooden furniture

• A website selling smart phones

• An interface for a tourist information kiosk

• A website for online banking

What are serifs in font styles?

• Small markings at the start and end of strokes in letters

• Large spaces between letters

• Bold and italicized letters

• Decorative images next to text

Which type of font is generally easier to read on screens and tends to look more modern?

• Serif fonts

• Sans-serif fonts

• Cursive fonts

• Handwritten fonts

What is white space in a user interface?

• Any area around objects that has no text or graphics

• A space filled with images

• A section with only text

• A colored background

Which of the following is an example of a type of font that a website might use?

• Decorative

• Italicized

• Bolded

• Underlined