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The basic principles underlying user-centric software design are:

	Relatively new
	Based on trial and error
	More art than science
	Nonexistent, good design is just applied common sense
	Derived from empirical data regarding human performance characteristics

After determining what you want your application to do, the best next step in software development is to:

	Establish standards for detail design
	Perform task analysis
	Allocate system functions
	Get to know your target users
	Define high-level architecture

User-centric software development requires the talents and participation of:

	Programmers
	User Interface Designers
	Graphic Artists
	Instructional Materials Developers
	All of the above

The single best predictor of a software application's usability is its:

In the earliest stages of interface design, the best strategy for the use of color is:

	Use color to focus attention and show relationships
	Use only a few colors
	Avoid saturated reds and blues
	All of the above
	Use no color at all

To satisfy both novice and expert users, the best strategy for label and field alignment is:

	Right align labels and left align fields
	Left align both fields and labels
	Left align labels and stagger fields
	None of the above
	Any of the above, depending on circumstances

The very best kind of "Help" is:

What should you never do during usability testing?

	Assure the participants they are not the subject of the test
	Be sure that test questions don't "give away" the answer
	Use participants having different levels of computer experience
	Ask the participants to talk about what they are thinking
	Start out by showing the participants how the software works

When software is poorly designed, the penalties are:

	More time to learn how things work
	More time to get things done
	More errors in getting things done
	Potential users will buy your competitor's product
	All of the above

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Important factors leading to usable software do not include:

	An understanding of user needs
	User training
	In-house design standards
	Early usability testing
	Management buy-in