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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. They increase productivity - They offer constraint and consistency checks - They facilitate team approaches - They ease maintenance






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






3. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






4. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






6. 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






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






8. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






9. Participants - design - tester






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






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






12. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






15. 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






16. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






19. 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






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






21. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






29. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






40. Observation - elicitation






41. 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






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






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






44. 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


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






46. 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


47. 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






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






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






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