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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1.not self- explanatory 2.inefficient use of screen real estate 3.high graphical system requirements






2. 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






3. Menu options create small articulatory distance






4. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






6. Participants - design - tester






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






8. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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. 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






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






12. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






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






15. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






16. 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






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






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






19. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






31. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






36. 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






37. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






38. Observation - elicitation






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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


48. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






49. 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






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