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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ease of Learning - Efficiency of use - Memorability - Error frequency and severity - Subjective satisfaction






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






7. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






9. 1.not self- explanatory 2.inefficient use of screen real estate 3.high graphical system requirements






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






14. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






15. 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


16. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






19. 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


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






21. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






22. 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






23. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






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. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. Observation - elicitation






31. Participants - design - tester






32. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






33. Menu options create small articulatory distance






34. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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