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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Speech input 1.hands - free operation 2.poor lighting situations 3.mobile application 4.in the home - speech output 5.on - board navigational systems






2. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. Observation - elicitation






18. 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






19. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






29. Participants - design - tester






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






31. 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






32. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






33. 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






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






35. 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


36. 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






37. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






40. 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






41. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints