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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. Easy and inexpensive to make - Flexible enough to be constantly changed and rearranged - Complete enough to yield useful feedback about specific design questions






7. 1.low command retention 2. steep learning curve 3.high error rates 4.heavy reliance on memory 5.frustrating for novice users






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






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






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






11. The range of possible intentions is consistently wide - users usually have multiple options for specifying action sequences - provide multiple ways of executing action sequence






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






13. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






15. They are not interactive - They cannot be used to calculate response timings - They do not deal with interface issues such as color or font size






16. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






17. 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






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






19. 1.require valid input in valid format 2.require familiarity with interface control 3.can be tedious to correct mistakes






20. 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


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






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






23. They allow an easy way to explore the problem space - They provide a way to create clusters of related elements - They provide a graphical view of the problem space - They resonate with the ways in which people process information






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






30. 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






31. They require knowledge of problem space - They can lead beyond the problem space - There is no formal semantics for defining symbol meaning






32. 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






33. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






36. Participants - design - tester






37. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






38. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






39. Intention formation - specification of the action - and the execution stages are complex - Require a rather accurate mental model of the computer's internal processing






40. Task analysis - storyboarding - use cases - primary stakeholder profiles






41. 1. suitable for repetitive tasks 2. sdvantageous for expert users 3.offer direct access to system functionality 4.efficient and powerful 5.not encumbered with graphic controls - low visual load - not taxing on system resource 6. scriptable






42. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






43. 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






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






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






46. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






47. 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






48. Determine the function of the device - Determine what actions are possible - Determine mapping from intention to physical movement - Perform the action - Determine whether the system is in the desired state - Determine the mapping from system state t






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






50. 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