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Human Computer Interaction

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






2. Participants - design - tester






3. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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. Observation - elicitation






6. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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


28. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






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






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






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






49. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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