Test your basic knowledge |

Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






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






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






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






5. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






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.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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






16. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






17. Menu options create small articulatory distance






18. 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






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






20. Speech input 1.hands - free operation 2.poor lighting situations 3.mobile application 4.in the home - speech output 5.on - board navigational systems






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






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






23. Comprehensibility and learnability






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






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






33. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






35. 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






36. Unscientific - Partial - Unstable - Inconsistent - Personal






37. 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






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






39. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






40. Ease of Learning - Efficiency of use - Memorability - Error frequency and severity - Subjective satisfaction






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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


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