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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. 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






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






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






4. Menu options create small articulatory distance






5. Participants - design - tester






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






22. 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


23. 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






24. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






30. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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. Observation - elicitation






33. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






35. 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






36. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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