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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consistency-Correctness - Generalizability - Conventions - Familiarity - Location - Modes






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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


7. 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






8. 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






9. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






10. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






11. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






14. 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






15. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Menu options create small articulatory distance






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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


29. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






41. Observation - elicitation






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Participants - design - tester