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Introduction to Human Computer Interaction

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These are the reports that contain information about the incident, the objective data analysis, and the conclusions.
  • accident reports Correct
These are the screen areas which function as if they were separate, such as text or graphics.
  • windows Correct
These are the systems where augmented reality, window system, and 3D workspaces are used
  • Three dimensional interfaces Correct
These are the windows of information that pop up to warn about a significant incident or request information.
  • dialogue boxes Correct
This concerned with how we feel and react when interacting with technologies?
  • is a piece of equipment used to withhold data and control signals
  • emotional interaction Correct
  • is a piece of equipment used to refuse data and control signals
  • is a piece of equipment used to repress data and control signals
This data collection strategy makes use of books, journals, magazine, art works, songs, pictures and others to obtain common themes or construct for analysis
  • FGD
  • Interview
  • Observation
  • Documentary Analysis Correct
This explains human behavior in terms of our practical activity in the world?
  • Activity theory Correct
  • Models in activity theory
  • Distributed cognition
  • Grounded theory
This expresses the nature of elements and is represented as themes, patterns, and stories?
  • Quantitative data
  • Quantitative analysis methods
  • Qualitative data
  • Qualitative analysis Correct
This is rapid and dissipates quickly?
  • the user in control
  • Automatic (Affect) Emotion Correct
  • rapid feedback
  • doing rather than thinking
This is the interaction of the physical characteristics.
  • ergonomics Correct
This is the method of choosing items to concentrate on from the variety of possibilities available for a list at a time.
  • Attention Correct
This is the nature of the interaction between the user / device.
  • interaction styles Correct
This is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the range of possibilities available. It involves our auditory and/or visual senses.
  • Attention Correct
  • long wait
  • line printer output
  • punched card stacks or large data files prepared
This is what you want to achieve in interaction.
  • goal Correct
This refers to good source of data about steps involved in an activity and regulations governing a task?
  • data glove
  • VR helmets
  • Study documentation Correct
  • cockpit and virtual controls
This refers to making the first questions easy and non-threatening
  • Main body
  • Warm-up Correct
  • Introduction
  • A cool-off period
This refers to start soon after gathering the data?
  • Data collection
  • Data cleaning
  • Data interpretation and analysis Correct
  • Data Presentation
This type of interview is done to recall and reconstruct something that happened in the past.
  • Semi-structured Interview
  • Informal Interview
  • Retrospective Interview Correct
  • Structured interview
Those are the small pictures or photographs depicted as device objects.
  • icons Correct
To test dependent variable(s), the experimenter checks independent variable(s).
  • True Correct
To understand human-computer interaction we need to?
  • need to understand family
  • need to understand self
  • need to understand neighbour
  • need to understand computers Correct
Under what circumstances could the scope for considering design alternatives be limited?
  • If producing an upgrade to an existing system, design elements may be limited to ensure you keep the familiar elements Correct
  • Emotional interaction
  • Evolution of existing products through use and observation
  • Copying of other similar products
Usability research is based on indicators of success, e.g. How long and how many errors are made while performing a series of predefined tasks. Indirect observation (video and keystroke logging), questionnaires regarding user satisfaction, and interviews are also collected.
  • True Correct
Usability testing and trials require the assessor to have a high degree of control over what is being tested, while evaluators usually exert little or no control on participants in field studies.
  • True Correct
Usability testing is carried out in regulated labs or temporary laboratories.
  • True Correct
Use scenarios to...
  • behavior
  • Express your feelings
  • Validate other models Correct
  • Screenshot
User-free settings are intended to predict, analyze & model aspects of device analytics.
  • True Correct
Users often mistakenly choose system functions and need a clearly marked "emergency exit" to leave the undesirable state without having to go through an extended dialog. Support undo and redo.
  • User control and freedom Correct
Users shouldn't be wondering whether specific words, circumstances or acts mean the same thing. Employ conventions on website.
  • Consistency and standards Correct
Usually a high authority approves the design of the informed consent form, the assessment procedure, data processing and data storage methods
  • True Correct
Video, audio, photos, notes are not used to capture data in both types of observations
  • True
  • False Correct
Visibility is what operations and manipulation can be performed on a given entity
  • False Correct
Walkthroughs are focused so they are suitable to assess small parts of a product.
  • True Correct
Web designers are people who develop and create the visual design of websites, such as layouts.
  • True Correct
  • False
Web Interfacing is essentially a website.
  • True Correct
  • False
Web Interfacing is essentially a websites.
  • True Correct
  • False
Web: at that point vs. presently concerning approximately data structure, concern for aesthetics, convenience on diverse gadgets
  • True Correct
  • False
What % of windows xp service pack errors were resolved based on info collected from the windows error reporting system?
  • 29% Correct
  • 100%
  • 99%
  • 15%
What are expressive interfaces?
  • Provide reassuring feedback that can be both informative and fun, but also intrusive and annoying Correct
What are the common lifecycle models for interaction design?
  • International standard model (ISO 9441-210)
  • international standard model (ISO 9541-210)
  • International standard model (ISO 9241-210) Correct
  • International standard model (ISO 9341-210)
What are the elements of the Gulf of Execution?
  • Information processing elements involved in working out how to interact with the system
  • Forming intentions, specifying right action, selecting appropriate interface mechanism Correct
  • Information processing elements involved in working out what the system did
  • Processing the interface, interpreting interface information, and assessing information meaning
What are the two aims of the Requirement Activity?
  • To understand as much as possible about the user and their activities Correct
  • The finger can mark screen
  • Expressive Interfaces
  • Bob vs Clippy: Microsoft Help Agents
What are we trying to achieve?
  • Is a piece of equipment used to repress data and control signals
  • Develop a set of unstable requirements
  • Understand users, activities, context so the system can support them in achieving their goals Correct
  • Emotional interaction
What can we use to gather primary data?
  • Books and journal
  • Experiments Correct
  • Behavioural Design
  • Visceral Design
What do we mean by needs?
  • Miniature joystick in the middle of the keyboard
  • Refer to undreamt needs, which are those that users are unaware they could have Correct
  • Those affected by its introduction or who influence its purchase/implementation
  • Occasional user, or those using the system through an intermediary
What does HCI Stand for?
  • Humming computer interaction
  • Human-computer interaction Correct
  • Hyper computer interaction
  • Hundred computer interaction
What is Claim?
  • Stating something is irrelevant
  • Stating something to be true Correct
  • Stating something is not based on facts
  • All of the above
What is a lifecycle model?
  • A lifecycle model is a term used to represent a model that captures a set of activities and how they are related Correct
  • Interpreting individual letters
  • Concrete design: Considers the detail of the product including, colors, sounds, and images to use menu design, and icon design
  • Coping with different styles of handwriting
What is alternatives means?
  • Providing a design that satisfies those requirements
  • Generating alternatives is a key principle in most design principles and should be encouraged in interaction design Correct
  • Evaluating those requirements
  • Understanding the requirements
What is an Assumption?
  • Examined idea
  • Unexpected scenes
  • Unexamined idea Correct
  • Specific features
What is another name for an emotion model?
  • Norman, Ortony, and Revelle model of emotion Correct
  • Norman, Ortony, and Rovelle model of emotion
  • Norman, Ortony, and Ravelle model of emotion
  • Norman, Ortony, and Ruvella model of emotion
What is Anthromorphism?
  • attributing human-like qualities to inanimate objects Correct
What is behavioral design?
  • Is about use and equates with the traditional values of usability Correct
What is deceptive technology?
  • phishing and trust. Deceive people into parting with personal details Correct
What is emotional interaction?
  • It's about how we feel and respond when we communicate with technologies Correct
What is evaluating? 
  • A working piece of software is not always needed Prototyping is still important because it allows users and designers to interact with the products before developing a fully live version
  • Is the process of of determining the usability and acceptability of the product or design that is measured in a variety of usability and user experience data Correct
  • Concrete design: Considers the detail of the product including, colors, sounds, and images to use menu design, and icon design
  • Specific usability and user experience goals should be identified, clearly documented, and agreed upon at the beginning of the project
What is expectation management?
  • Diagonal lines that have discontinuities due to horizontal raster scan process
  • Different colours for each pixel
  • Focuses on the behaviour surrounding particular tasks
  • Process of making sure that the user's expectations of the new product are realistic Correct
What is facial coding?
  • Measures the emotions of users by analyzing photos recorded via the camera when interacting with the device Correct
What is important when deciding which design approach to use?
  • The design approach must select done based on the design problem in mind Correct
  • Focuses on the behaviour surrounding particular tasks
  • Users still play a significant role in their behaviour rather than their goals and needs, which are important
  • The designer's role is to translate the user's needs and goals into a design solution
What is one of the tasks which quantitative data analysis for interaction design usually involves?
  • All of the choices Correct
  • Calculating averages
  • Calculating percentages
  • None of the choices
What is persuasive technologies?
  • Interactive computer systems are designed to alter perceptions and behaviors of individuals Correct
What is physiological reactions?
  • Skin conductance, heart activity, breathing, pupil dilation Correct
What is Prototyping?
  • Concrete design: Considers the detail of the product including, colors, sounds, and images to use, menu design, and icon design
  • To design something to support people, we must know who our target users are and what kind of support an interactive product could usefully provide
  • A working piece of software is not always needed Prototyping is still important because it allows users and designers to interact with the products before developing a fully live version Correct
  • Specific usability and user experience goals should be identified, clearly documented, and agreed upon at the beginning of the project
What is reflective design?
  • Taking into account the meaning and personal value of a product in a particular culture Correct
What is the concept of Iterative design?
  • From the earliest phases to the latest phases, developers are consulted, and their input is seriously taken into account
  • Specific usability and user experience goals should be identified, clearly documented, and agreed upon at the beginning of the project
  • Allows the design to be refined based on feedback However good the designers are, and however clear the users may think their vision of the artifact is, it will be necessary to revise ideas in light of feedback several times Correct
  • It is users who respect important designers
What is the fundamental insight that underlies the evaluation process of "cognitive walk through?
  • The idea that users earn by exploring an interface Correct
What is the ideal number of participants for FGD?
  • 11-15
  • 3-5
  • 20-30
  • 6-10 Correct
What is the last phase in the requirement activity?
  • Analyzing and interpreting gathered data
  • Identifying needs
  • Producing a set of stable requirements Correct
  • Representing data
What is the main reason for establishing requirements?
  • So that you know what to build Correct
  • Doesn't matter the important is the outcome
  • Nobody cares about the requirements
  • So you do not know what to build
What is the most important property that a prototype should have?
  • should be easy to throw away
  • should allow the key concepts to be tested with users Correct
  • should support a wide range of user tests
  • should look like the final product
What is the pros of a focus group?
  • good for gaining a consensus view and highlighting areas of conflict Correct
  • softens edges by using shades of line colour
  • different colours for each pixel
  • props, prototypes can be used; time-consuming
What is the pros of Direct Observation?
  • good for understanding the nature and context of tasks Correct
  • transparent and polarised, bottom plate reflecting
  • Light passes through the top plate and crystal
  • Voltage applied to crystal changes polarisation
What is the purpose of Visualization and Dashboards?
  • small pen-like pointer to draw directly on screen
  • to augment human capabilities, to improve how users see patterns, and amplify human cognition Correct
  • used in PDA, tablets PCs and drawing tables
  • may use touch sensitive surface or magnetic detection
What is the Sources of Qualitative Data?
  • Interview and observation Correct
  • Primary sources and secondary sources
  • Books and journal
  • Questionnaires and survey
What is the starting point of an HTA?
  • An available service
  • User input
  • System functionality
  • User goal Correct
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