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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. We respond first to the intensity of a stimulus and only then do we begin to process its meaning






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






7. Participants - design - tester






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






20. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






21. 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






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






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






24. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






25. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






27. 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


28. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






32. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






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






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






37. Menu options create small articulatory distance






38. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Observation - elicitation






49. 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






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