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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






6. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Participants - design - tester






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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


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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Observation - elicitation






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






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






49. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






50. Comprehensibility and learnability