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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.easy to undo errors 4. sppropriate for beginners






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Observation - elicitation






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






20. 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


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






22. 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


23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






35. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






45. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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