Suppose that the designers of the laboratory access system have settled on a system that uses a swipe card and a card reader to access the laboratories. How would you set about evaluating this design? Use the design principles to discuss the key issues .

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Suppose that the designers of the laboratory access system have settled on a system that uses a swipe card and a card reader to access the laboratories. How would you set about evaluating this design? Use the design principles to discuss the key issues .

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