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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. 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






2. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






3. 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






4. Observation - elicitation






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






6. 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






7. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






8. 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






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






10. 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


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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. Participants - design - tester






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






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






21. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






22. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






46. 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






47. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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