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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. low memory requirements 2. self- explanatory 3.easy to undo errors 4. sppropriate for beginners






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Comprehensibility and learnability






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






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






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






23. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






24. 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






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






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. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






38. Observation - elicitation






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






40. 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






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






42. Goals - Execution - World - Evaluation






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Participants - design - tester






48. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






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






50. 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