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Human Computer Interaction

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artificial context - Not definitive od product acceptance - Skewed sample of uses - Not always efficient






2. Location - Logical Grouping - Conventions - Redundancy






3. Menu options create small articulatory distance






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






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






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






7. Participants - design - tester






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Progressive Disclosure - Constraints






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Overload - Feedback - Recognition/Recall - Orientation






25. 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






26. 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






27. Direct - indirect - ethnographic observation - distributed cognition






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






29. 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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Primary - secondary - facilitator - indirect






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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