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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Menu constraints can help the user to form the proper intentions and specify the proper action sequence - provide a context to evaluate the output language






2. Consistency-Correctness - Generalizability - Conventions - Familiarity - Location - Modes






3. Graphical libraries - User interface toolkits - Visual interface builders - Web development tools






4. Comprehensibility and learnability






5. 1. Visibility of System Status 2. Match between System and the Real World 3. User Control and Freedom 4. Consistency and Standards 5. Error Prevention 6. Recognition Rather Than Recall 7. Flexibility and Efficiency of Use 8. Aesthetic and Minimalist


6. 1.not self- explanatory 2.inefficient use of screen real estate 3.high graphical system requirements






7. They can be difficult to create f the target audience is international - Having too many personas will make the work difficult - There is a risk of incorporating unsupported designer assumption






8. Menu options create small articulatory distance






9. Observation - elicitation






10. Structuring the information space - Creating of alternative solutions - Determining which design concept to purse






11. Use multiple independent evaluators - Use observer to record evaluator - Go through interface several times - Compare interaction against list of heuristics - Use heuristics specific to design - List heuristic problems and how the heuristic is violat


12. 1.command line 2.menu- based interface 3.form fill- in 4.question and answers 5.direct manipulation 6.metaphors 7.web navigation 8.3d environments 9.zoomable interface 10.natural language






13. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






14. 1.require valid input supplied by user 2.require familiarity with interface control 3.can be tedious to correct mistakes






15. What it will look like - What components it will require - How the screens will be laid out






16. 1.easy to learn2.low memory requirements 3.easy to undo 4.immediate feedback to user actions 5.enable user to use spatial cues 6.easy for beginner






17. Ease of Learning - Efficiency of use - Memorability - Error frequency and severity - Subjective satisfaction






18. They make it possible to try out ideas very early - They make it possible to test - revise - test - revise...They engage end users -- managers and customers






19. Gulfs of execution relate to the effectiveness principle - Gulfs of evaluation relate to the efficiency principle






20. Artificial context - Not definitive od product acceptance - Skewed sample of uses - Not always efficient






21. 1.rapid and inflexible navigation 2.inefficient for large menu navigation 3.inefficient use of screen real estate 4. slow for expert






22. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






23. 1.low memory requirement 2. self- explanatory 3. simple linear presentation 4.easy for beginner






24. Functionality->presentation filter | (comprehensibility barrier)| efficiency usability ->|(learnability barrier) | Effectiveness Usefulness






25. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






26. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






27. Speech input 1.hands - free operation 2.poor lighting situations 3.mobile application 4.in the home - speech output 5.on - board navigational systems






28. 1.They facilitate the development of design procedures 2.They help in finding ways to talk about design 3.They create project management






29. 1.creating descriptions of the people who do the work 2.describing the different goals involved in the work 3.documenting the work step by step 4.creating different stories about how the various aspects of the work are done 5.creating charts and diag






30. 1. low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.easy to undo errors 4. sppropriate for beginners






31. They only involve the elements that you have written on the cards - They suggest solutions that imply structure - They become difficult to navigate with more categories






32. 1.language is ambiguous 2.meaning depends on context 3.dependent on visual cues






33. They are quick and easy to perform - They can be done before any preliminary designs have been made - They will let you know how people organize information - They will expose underlying structures






34. Minimize help desk calls - increase product loyalty - Provide benchmarks for future products






35. Participants - design - tester






36. We respond first to the intensity of a stimulus and only then do we begin to process its meaning






37. Direct indirect - corporate documentation - logs and notes - questionnaires






38. Effectiveness/Usefulness 1.Utility 2.Safety(Recovery) 3.Flexibility(Customization) 4.Stability - Efficiency/Usability






39. 1. speech recognition 2. semantic - grammar issues - vague meanings - contradictory statement






40. User interface independence 1.They separate interface design from internals 2.They enable multiple user interface strategies 3. They enable multiple platform support 4. They establish the role of the user interface architect 5. They enforce standards






41. 1.require knowledge of the task domain - 2.may require tedious clarification dialogues - 3.complex system development






42. Low- fidelity prototypes - Evaluations - Wireframes - Functional prototypes






43. 1. the people who are involved with the work 2. the things they use to do the work - 3. the process that are involved in the work - 4. the information required to do the work - 5. the constraints imposed on the work - 6. the inputs required by the wo






44. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






45. They are quick and easy to create - They provide a consistent model for all team members - They are easy to use with other design methods - They make the user real in the mind of the designer






46. 1.run out of metaphors 2.mixed metaphors 3.carry connotations and association






47. They can be used early and often - They are inexpensive and easy to create - They make design idea visual - No special knowledge is required - all team members can create them






48. Brainstorming - Card sort - Semantic Networks - Personas - Scenarios - Flowcharts - Cognitive walkthrough - Use cases






49. They increase productivity - They offer constraint and consistency checks - They facilitate team approaches - They ease maintenance






50. Establishing the goal - Forming the intention - Specifying the action sequence - Execute the action sequence - Perceiving the world state - Interpreting the perception - Evaluate the interpretation