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Human Computer Interaction

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






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






3. 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


4. Participants - design - tester






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






6. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






22. 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






23. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






24. 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


25. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






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






39. Observation - elicitation






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






41. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






43. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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