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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artificial context - Not definitive od product acceptance - Skewed sample of uses - Not always efficient






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






3. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






7. 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


8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. Menu options create small articulatory distance






16. 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






17. 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






18. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






19. Participants - design - tester






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






29. 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






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






31. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






32. 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






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






34. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






50. Observation - elicitation