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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






21. 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






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






23. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






24. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






25. 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






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






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






28. Participants - design - tester






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






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






31. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






32. 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






33. Observation - elicitation






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






38. 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


39. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






45. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






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