Form 1 Attachment B pdf

Usability Tasks Answer Keys
& Content

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Task One: Login
Welcome Screen
Read over this screen as you normally would. Do you have any questions or comments
about this page? Is anything confusing?

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Task Two: Provide Company Level Data
• You first want to fill out high level data about your company. Provide the answers to
• Employment & Payroll, Revenue, and Capital Expenditures using the data provided.
Fill out the information for:
• Location 1 (Row 6)

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Task Two: Answer Key
Columns:

AH
Employment &
Payroll

Name 1
CENSUS CAT COMPANY

*For illustration purposes only. All data is fabricated.

Street
1006 CAT FOOD ROAD

City
CRANBERRY

NAICS
453910

AK

AL

Revenue

Capital
Expenditures

Total Employment

Sales, Shipments,
Receipts, or Revenue

Total Capital
Expenditures for
Company

What was the total
number of employees
for the pay period
including March 12,
2022? Enter 0 if none.

What were the total
sales, shipments,
receipts, or revenue in
2022? Use a minus sign
"-" to indicate a
negative value.

What were the total
capital expenditures
for this company in
2022?

EMP_MAR12_CO_NUM

RCPT_TOT_VAL

CAPEX_CO_VAL

Answers

Answers

Answers

4000

500

100

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Task Three: Choice Answer by Establishment
or Industry
Provide the answers to question, “What was the total number of employees for
the pay period including March 12, 2022?” using the following information:
You have 4,000 employees in your industry; Broken out, you have 4
establishments with 1,000 employees each, you may choose how to fill out this
data.
Probe: Is there another way to provide the answer?

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Task Three: Answer Key
Column:

L

Employment &
Payroll
Total Employment

What was the total
number of employees
for the pay period
including March 12,
2022? Enter 0 if none.
EMP_MAR12_NUM

Name 1

Street

City

NAICS

Industry

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1001 CAT FOOD WAY

ELLWOOD CITY

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1002 CAT FOOD WAY

BEAVER FALLS

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1006 CAT FOOD ROAD

CRANBERRY

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1007 CAT FOOD ROAD

YOUNGSTOWN

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

Showing: 5 of 5

Answers

Total

Answers

Industry

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
Showing: 3 of 3

*For illustration purposes only. All data is fabricated.

1000
1000
1000
1000
4000

Total

2000
2000
4000

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Task Four: Establishment Reporting
Part One
Navigate to the section Capital Expenses within the main Survey Tab. Provide the answers to the question “What
were the total capital expenditures for new machinery and equipment in 2022?” Please provide the data
provided at the establishment level.
Fill out the information for:
• Location 1 (Row 6)
• Location 2 (Row 7)
• Location 3 (Row 8)

Part Two: Auto Sum
Compare the total figure of the establishments against what’s listed for the industry section, do the
figures match?

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Task Four: Answer Key
Column:

BY
Capital Expenses

Capital Expenditures:
New machinery

CAPEX_MACH_NEW_VA
L1
What were the total
capital expenditures for
new machinery and
equipment
in 2022?
Name 1

Street

City

NAICS

Industry

Answers

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1001 CAT FOOD WAY

ELLWOOD CITY

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1002 CAT FOOD WAY

BEAVER FALLS

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1006 CAT FOOD ROAD

CRANBERRY

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1007 CAT FOOD ROAD

YOUNGSTOWN

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

CENSUS CAT SHELTER

1012 CAT ADOPTION LANE

MARS

812910

Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services

Showing: 5 of 5

Total

100
100
100
100
100
500
Answers

Industry

200
200
100

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
Showing: 3 of 3

*For illustration purposes only. All data is fabricated.

Total

500

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Task Five: Industry & Company Total
Part One
•

Navigate to the section Revenue within the main Survey Tab. Provide the answers to the question “What
were the total sales, shipments, receipts, or revenue in 2022?” Please provide the data provided at the
Industry level.

For each industry, fill in the number ‘100’.

Part Two: Company Total
•

Does the total from the industry section match the company total?

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Task Five: Answer Key
Column:

0
Revenue

Sales, Shipments, Receipts, or
Revenue

RCPT_TOT_VAL
What were the total sales,
shipments, receipts, or
revenue in 2022? Use a minus
sign "-" to indicate a negative
value.
Name 1

Street

City

NAICS

Industry

Answers

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1001 CAT FOOD WAY

ELLWOOD CITY

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1002 CAT FOOD WAY

BEAVER FALLS

311111

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1006 CAT FOOD ROAD

CRANBERRY

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

CENSUS CAT COMPANY

1007 CAT FOOD ROAD

YOUNGSTOWN

453910

Pet and Pet Supplies Stores

CENSUS CAT SHELTER

1012 CAT ADOPTION LANE

MARS

812910

Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services

Showing: 5 of 5

*intentionally blank;
industry only

Total

Answers

Industry

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Pet and Pet Supplies Stores
Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services
Showing: 3 of 3

Company Total

*For illustration purposes only. All data is fabricated.

Total

100
100
100
300
X

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The following are draft tasks, to be amended based on the functionality of the instrument which is not
yet developed:
Add NAPCS Data (if applicable)
Part One Locate NAPCS: Navigate to the
Products section, enter 100 for any product you
see listed that is relevant to your company.
Part Two: Your company recently started
manufacturing ‘chew toys for dogs’, how would you
add a new product to the listing?
Add a Location & PBA: Your company opened a new location.
First add a new location, then select a Primary Business
Activity that best matches your company’s overall activities.
Errors: Is there anything that needs to be corrected? How
would you fix an error in the data? Is this how you would
expect to be notified of an error, or would you expect a
different method?

Delegation: You would like to send the capital
expenditures section to another department. Is
there a way within this website to send/delegate a
section?
Forward Navigation: You have completed the
company data section of the survey, continue to the
location data section.
Backward Navigation: Once the detailed
spreadsheet is filled out- you would like to go back
and check the additional information pdf to ensure
you didn’t forget anything.
Location Help/Instructions: You would like
clarification on [undetermined content], is there a
way for you to find more information about this
question? (click into instructions)
Submit Data: You would like to submit your data to
the Census Bureau
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