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Human Computer Interaction

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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


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






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






9. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






10. 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






11. 1.ease of learning - 2.low memory requirement - 3.flexible interaction - 4.low screen requirement - 5. sppropriate for beginner






12. 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


13. 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






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






15. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






16. Participants - design - tester






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






28. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






29. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






32. 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






33. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Observation - elicitation






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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