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Human Computer Interaction

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






2. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






4. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






13. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






25. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






29. Observation - elicitation






30. Participants - design - tester






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






32. 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






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






34. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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


41. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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