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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Task analysis - storyboarding - use cases - primary stakeholder profiles






2. 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


3. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Participants - design - tester






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






17. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






18. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






24. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






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. 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






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