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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






13. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






14. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






15. 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






16. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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


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






30. Participants - design - tester






31. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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


42. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Observation - elicitation






48. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






49. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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