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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Brainstorming - Card sort - Semantic Networks - Personas - Scenarios - Flowcharts - Cognitive walkthrough - Use cases






2. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






4. 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






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. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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


14. Menu options create small articulatory distance






15. Participants - design - tester






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






17. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






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






20. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






21. 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






22. 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






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






25. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






26. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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