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Human Computer Interaction

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






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






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






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






5. Observation - elicitation






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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


16. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






26. 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






27. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






28. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






31. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






42. 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






43. 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


44. Comprehensibility and learnability






45. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






46. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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