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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






2. 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






3. Observation - elicitation






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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






19. 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






20. Menu options create small articulatory distance






21. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






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






24. 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






25. Participants - design - tester






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






37. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






38. 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


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






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






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






42. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






45. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






46. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






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






50. 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