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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Establishing the goal - Forming the intention - Specifying the action sequence - Execute the action sequence - Perceiving the world state - Interpreting the perception - Evaluate the interpretation






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Menu options create small articulatory distance






11. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






12. 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






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






14. 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


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






16. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






17. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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. 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






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






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. Participants - design - tester






29. 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






30. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






31. 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


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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






48. 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






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






50. 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