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Human Computer Interaction

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






15. 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






16. Menu options create small articulatory distance






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Participants - design - tester






22. 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






23. 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






24. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






27. 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






28. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






30. 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






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






32. 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


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






34. 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






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






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






37. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






39. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






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






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






44. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






45. 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






46. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






49. 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






50. 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