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Human Computer Interaction

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






2. Physical - cultural - functional - informational






3. Time - finance - personnel - laboratory






4. 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


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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






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






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






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






48. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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