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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






3. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Comprehensibility and learnability






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






19. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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


27. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






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






31. 1. suitable for repetitive tasks 2. sdvantageous for expert users 3.offer direct access to system functionality 4.efficient and powerful 5.not encumbered with graphic controls - low visual load - not taxing on system resource 6. scriptable






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






33. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






37. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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. 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






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






41. 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


42. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






43. 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






44. Participants - design - tester






45. 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






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. 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






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






49. 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






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