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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1.language is ambiguous 2.meaning depends on context 3.dependent on visual cues






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






3. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






4. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






23. 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


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






25. 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






26. Comprehensibility and learnability






27. 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






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






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. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






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






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






43. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






46. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






47. Observation - elicitation






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. 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


50. 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