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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Effectiveness/Usefulness 1.Utility 2.Safety(Recovery) 3.Flexibility(Customization) 4.Stability - Efficiency/Usability






2. Participants - design - tester






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






8. 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






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






10. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






11. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






16. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






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






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






21. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






23. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






27. Observation - elicitation






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






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






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






31. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






33. 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


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






35. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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