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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






2. 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






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






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






5. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






7. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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


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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






25. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Observation - elicitation






31. Comprehensibility and learnability






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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


38. 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






39. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






42. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






44. Participants - design - tester






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






50. 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