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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What it will look like - What components it will require - How the screens will be laid out






2. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






4. 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






5. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






6. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






7. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






29. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






30. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






34. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






35. Observation - elicitation






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






41. 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






42. 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






43. Participants - design - tester






44. 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






45. 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


46. 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






47. 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






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






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