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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Brainstorming - Card sort - Semantic Networks - Personas - Scenarios - Flowcharts - Cognitive walkthrough - Use cases






2. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






4. 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


5. 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






6. 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






7. Observation - elicitation






8. 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






9. 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






10. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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. 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






14. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






16. 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






17. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






18. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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






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






21. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






24. 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


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






26. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy