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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • 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. 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






3. 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






4. 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


5. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






6. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






7. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






8. 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






9. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






11. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






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






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






16. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






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






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






21. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






34. 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






35. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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