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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Minimize help desk calls - increase product loyalty - Provide benchmarks for future products






2. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Participants - design - tester






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






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






11. 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






12. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






13. 1.free phase 2.captive phase 3. termination phase






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






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






16. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






17. 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






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






19. Comprehensibility and learnability






20. Translating the user's task language into the input language requires knowledge of the core language - The output language can be confusing for inexperienced users - there is very little feedback






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






22. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






24. 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






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






26. Observation - elicitation






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 1.low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.can gather a great deal of information in little space 4.present a context for input information






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






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






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






37. Articulatory distance is large because we are presented with the command prompt - no indication of functionality






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






44. 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


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






46. 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






47. Menu options create small articulatory distance






48. 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


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






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