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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Minimize help desk calls - increase product loyalty - Provide benchmarks for future products






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 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






4. 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






5. 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


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






7. 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


8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






17. Observation - elicitation






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






19. 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






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






21. Participants - design - tester






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






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. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






28. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






39. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






48. 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






49. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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