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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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1. They increase productivity - They offer constraint and consistency checks - They facilitate team approaches - They ease maintenance






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






6. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






8. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






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






11. Participants - design - tester






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






13. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






16. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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


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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






37. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






40. 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


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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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