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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Participants - design - tester






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






11. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






12. 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






13. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






17. 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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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


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






27. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






42. 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






43. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






44. 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






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






46. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






47. 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






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






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






50. Comprehensibility and learnability