MGMT 340 Week 5 Course Project Homework & Quiz

MGMT 340 Week 5 Course Project Homework & Quiz

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  MGMT 340 Week 5 Project: Systems Design SDLC Phase 3 Package

Petrie’s Electronics Case, Chapter 8, Questions 1–5
1. Using the guidelines from this chapter and other sources, evaluate the usability of the page design depicted in PE Figure 8-1.
2. Chapter 8 encourages the design of a help system early in the design of the human interface. How would you incorporate help into the interface as shown in PE Figure 8-1?
3. Describe  how  cookie  crumbs  could  be  used  in this system. Are cookie crumbs a desirable navigation aid for this system? Why or why not?
4. The page design depicted in PE Figure 8-1 links to an Order History page. Sketch a similar layout for the Order History page, following guidelines from Chapter 8.
5. Describe  how  the  use  of  template-based  HTML might be leveraged in the design of the “No Customer Escapes” system

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  MGMT 340 Week 5 Problems/Exercises

Chapter 8
3. Imagine the worst possible reports from a system.  What  is  wrong  with  them?  List  as  many problems as you can. What are the consequences of such reports? What could go wrong as a result? How  does  the  prototyping  process  help  guard against each problem?
4. Given the guidelines presented in this chapter, identify flaws in the design of the Report of Employees shown below. What assumptions about users and tasks did you make in order to assess this design? Redesign this report to correct these flaws.

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  MGMT 340 Week 5 : Systems Design – Quiz

1. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following is an example of a form?
   2. Question : (TCO 7)Which of the following is an example of a report?
   3. Question : (TCO 7)When designing a form or report, which of the following is a fundamental question?
   4. Question : (TCO 7) Commonly used methods for highlighting include
   5. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following is a guideline for displaying text?
   6. Question : (TCO 7) Reversing the sequence of one or more characters in a field is called
   7. Question : (TCO 7) The sequence of interaction between a user and a system best describes a(n)
   8. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding a relation?
   9. Question : (TCO 7) The process of converting complex data structures into simple, stable data structures is referred to as
   10. Question : (TCO 7) A foreign key in a relation that references the primary key values of that same relation is referred to as a