Assignment $1$

Section $1$: Multiple$-$choice questions $(70\%)$

$1.$ new student Julie just received her student id $30099512.$ She figured out a way to memorize the last $5$ digits as that's her sister's birthday! Julie leveraged

A$.$ memory for arbitrary things

B$.$ memory for prospetive activities

C$.$ memory in multiple minds

D$.$ memory for meaningful things

E$.$ none of the above

$2.$ Generally signifiers are more important than affordances for a designer for

A$.$ they communicate how to use the design

B$.$ they provide natural mappings to the product functions

C$.$ they give a direct intuition of how the product work

D$.$ they tell what can go wrong and how to fix

E$.$ none of the above

$3.$ A lamp with a USB socket and power socket affords

A$.$ to give light

B$.$ to provide Power supply via USB

C$.$ to give electricity

D$.$ all the above

E$.$ none of the above

$4.$ I reduced the TV sound volume by pressing the down button on the remote control. I am leveraging what design principle in this action?

A$.$ affordance

B$.$ visibility

C$.$ mapping

D$.$ feedback

E$.$ none of the above

$5.$ My friend asked me how he can buy a PS$5$ version of the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, I told my friend this game is Nitendo switch exclusive. What memory am I using for this answer?

A$.$ procedural memory

B$.$ semantic memory

C$.$ declarative memory

D$.$ prospective memory

E$.$ none of the above

$6.$ This morning's weather forecast said it's going to be warm today. I decided to wear shorts when I step out for a short walk. I returned home after $5$ minutes to change to long sleeves as it actually was very chilly! Which level of processing led me to the change?

A$.$ viseral level

B$.$ behavioral level

C$.$ reflective level

D$.$ subconscious level

E$.$ none of the above

$7.$ I am asked to provide a conceptual model for how a light switch work, I should

A$.$ provide a comprehensive system design details, including how the light is turned on$/$off

B$.$ create a manual to explain the switch working mechanism

C$.$ show the control relationship between switch and light

D$.$ explain how electricity is generated and how to avoid short circuit

E$.$ list different types of switches and how they control lights

$8.$ I am assigned a job to upgrade an old school email system and I decide to present a small number on the top$-$right side of the inbox icon to show the users there are new unread emails. the design principle I am leveraging is

A$.$ mapping

B$.$ conceptual model

C$.$ affordance

D$.$ feedback

E$.$ signifier

$9.$ In a new student oritentation welcome party, $100$ students attended. The organizer divided the new students into $4$ groups and have the groups sitting at east, west, north, and south corner to play a game. The organizer called each group with their position by "east group", "west group", "north group", and "south group". The organizer is implicitly leveraging the design principle of

A$.$ affordance

B$.$ natual mapping

C$.$ signifer

D$.$ feedback

E$.$ visibility

$10.$ Peter, a building cleaner is cleaning a toilet in campus building D at the first floor, he puts a yellow caution wet floor sign at the doorway to provide

A$.$ feedback

B$.$ mapping

C$.$ affordance

D$.$ constraint

E$.$ visibility

Section $2$: General QAs $(30\%)$

$1.$ Give one real$-$life example $($avoid examples already shared in the course slides$)$ each for short$-$term and long$-$term memory. $(20\%)$

Short term memory: Meal that I ate on a particular day, My birthdate.

Long term memory: Special gift given to me$,$

$2.$ What UI design principle is violated in the below pseudo Javascript code and how you can fix it$?(10\%)$

function submitLoginForm$()\{$

$//$ Get the login form data

var loginFormData $=$ getLoginFormData$()$;

$//$ Send the login form data to the backend server

sendToServer$($loginFormData$)$;

$//$ Do nothing else

$\}$