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Introduction to Human Computer Interaction

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What is virtual agents?
  • welcoming persona, has a personality and makes the user feel involved with them Correct
What kind of requirements is in place for an Interaction Design Project?
  • Types of facial expression chosen by AI
  • Essential use cases represent abstractions from scenarios and try to avoid the assumptions of a use case
  • Aim to replace or update an established system
  • There may be an initial set of requirements, or the project may have to begin by producing a set of requirements from scratch Correct
What of the following is the design principles?
  • Usability goals differ
  • Trade-offs
  • Measure usability
  • Generalizable abstractions for thinking about different aspects of design Correct
What other reasons/justifications are there for user involvement in interaction design?
  • Generating alternatives is a key principle in most design principles, and one that should be encouraged in interaction design
  • diagonal lines that have discontinuities due to horizontal raster scan process
  • Ownership: Users who are involved and feel that they have contributed to developing a product are more likely to feel a sense of ownership towards it and support its use Correct
  • emotional equivalence
What research instrument is most useful in a study entitled, "Online Classes: An Analysis on its Contribution to the Students' Learning Experience"?
  • Observation
  • Documentary Analysis
  • FGD (Focus Group Discussion) Correct
  • Interview
When humans communicate with _____________, they bring to the encounter a lifetime of
  • computer Correct
When is an interface annoying?
  • Crashes, doesn't do what user wants, expectations not met, vague error messages, appearance of interface is gimmicky Correct
Where do alternative designs originate?
  • Cross-fertilization of ideas from different perspectives eg the kettle driving the idea for the steam engine
  • Evolution of existing products through use and observation
  • All of the choices Correct
  • Copying of other similar products
Which aims to automate the measurement of feelings and behavior, which is inferred from facial expressions and voice.?
  • Can be used on almost any flat surface
  • Rotates orthogonal potentiometers
  • Ball on the underside of the mouse turns as the mouse is moved
  • Emotional AI Correct
Which are common task description types? Choose at least one.
  • Essential use cases Correct
  • Large vocabularies
  • External noise interfering
  • Imprecision of pronunciation
Which are the main factors which can influence the impact a user can have on a project?
  • This is less of a technique and more of a philosophy Correct
  • Real developers and their goals,
  • Application co-domain
  • None of the choices
Which has been traditionally about designing efficient and effective systems?
  • Human-Computer Interaction Correct
  • Human Community Interaction
  • Human Commerce Interaction
  • Human Commence Interaction
Which is about the use and equates with the traditional values of usability?
  • not faster for trained typists
  • not faster for beginners either
  • Behavioral Design Correct
  • keys arranged in alphabetic order
Which is not one of the main options in presenting the findings of data analysis?
  • Using rigorous notations
  • Using activity theory Correct
  • Using stories
  • Summarizing the findings
Which is not one of the theories that qualitative data analysis may be framed by?
  • Grounded theory
  • Activity theory
  • Scientific theory Correct
  • Distributed cognition
Which is one kind of average in data analysis?
  • Mode
  • All of the choices Correct
  • Mean
  • Median
Which of the following are the Problems with Data Gathering?
  • Identifying/involving stakeholders Correct
  • Unavailability of key people
  • Requirements document
  • Not balancing functionality and usability demands
Which of the following best describe a trackball?
  • very fast for gaming
  • the relative motion moves the cursor
  • separate buttons for picking
  • For accurate CAD Correct
Which of the following best exemplified a joystick?
  • miniature joystick in the middle of the keyboard
  • Indirect pressure of stick Correct
  • the relative motion moves the cursor
  • separate buttons for picking
Which of the following definition is regarding direct manipulation described by Shneiderman?
  • Error messages rarely needed
  • Users gain confidence and mastery and feel in control
  • Continuous representation of objects and actions of interest Correct
  • Simple, elegant, and distinct
Which of the following does not belongs to Communication Methods?
  • Face to face conversations
  • HyperMirror Correct
  • Remote conversations
  • Telepresence
Which of the following helps meet psychological and cognitive processing needs, increases human confidence?
  • Interaction Design
  • Attitude
  • Feedback Correct
  • Visual Analysis
Which of the following is a concept indicating that we understand human attention?
  • Avoid cluttering the interface with more information than is needed at the present moment for the user Correct
Which of the following is a design implication of our understanding of human attention?
  • Sounds should be audible and distinguishable in the user
  • Avoid cluttering the interface with more information than is needed at the present moment for the user Correct
  • Tactile feedback should make the same kinds of distinctions that a person would feel in the world
  • The text should be legible and distinguishable from its background under different lighting conditions
Which of the following is a problem with online questionnaires?
  • Preventing individuals from responding more than once can be a problem Correct
  • Relatively easy and quick to distribute
  • Data can be collected in a database for analysis
  • Responses are usually received quickly
Which of the following is an advantage of an online questionnaire or survey?
  • Responses are usually received inaccurate
  • Relatively complex and quick to distribute
  • Errors can be corrected very hard
  • No copying and postage costs Correct
Which of the following is an advantage of touched-sensitive screen? 
  • suitable for use in hostile environment: clean and safe from damage Correct
  • imprecise (finger is a fairly blunt instrument
  • finger can mark screen
  • lifting arm can be tiring
Which of the following is comparing what happened in the world with what we wanted to happen?
  • Execution
  • Action
  • None of these Correct
  • Evaluation
Which of the following is design's golden rule?
  • understand your materials Correct
Which of the following is NOT a usability goal?
  • making the design easy to remember and how to use
  • making the design to include more contents on each screen Correct
  • making the design easy to learn
  • making the design effective to use
Which of the following is NOT an Ergonomic example?
  • spiritual beliefs Correct
Which of the following is not the category of a stakeholder?
  • Recipients of system output
  • Development team
  • Users
  • All of the choices Correct
Which of the following is one of the advantages of direct manipulation?
  • The way people feel about it and their pleasure and satisfaction when using it, looking at it, holding it, and opening or closing it
  • Some people take the metaphor of direct manipulation too literally Correct
  • Cannot design as user experience
  • Simple, elegant, and distinct
Which of the following is one of the user category?
  • Occasional user, or those using the system through an intermediary
  • A frequent hands on user
  • All of those Correct
  • Those affected by its introduction, or who influence its purchase/implementation
Which of the following is the health hazard of CRT?
  • Radio frequency emissions, plus ultrasound (16kHz) Correct
  • Voltage applied to crystal changes polarisation
  • transparent and polarised, bottom plate reflecting
  • Light passes through top plate and crystal
Which of the following is the principles of HCI?
  • Tasks Correct
Which of the following is touch-sensitive screen advantage?
  • fast, and requires no specialised pointer Correct
  • lifting arm can be tiring
  • imprecise (finger is a fairly blunt instrument!)
  • finger can mark screen
Which of the following levels of coding refers to form a theoretical scheme?
  • Syntax
  • Axial
  • Selective Correct
  • Open
Which of the following reasons refers to direct manipulation is enjoyable?
  • Novices can learn the basic functionality quickly Correct
  • Some error messages rarely needed
  • Users gain confidence and mastery and feel not in control
  • Users experience more anxiety
Which of the following refers to optical detecting motion?
  • Rotates orthogonal potentiometers
  • may use special grid-like pad or just on desk Correct
  • Can be used on almost any flat surface
  • Ball on underside of mouse turns as mouse is moved
Which of the following refers to the encouraging a good response?
  • Time required for data analysis is reduced
  • Promise anonymity Correct
  • Data can be collected in database for analysis
  • Responses are usually received quickly
Which of the following refers to the problems with online questionnaires?
  • The impact of a question can be influenced by question order
  • Avoid very long questionnaires
  • Sampling is problematic if population size is unknown Correct
  • Provide clear instructions on how to complete the questionnaire
Which of the following statements refers to jaggies?
  • diagonal lines that have discontinuities in due to horizontal raster scan process Correct
  • softens edges by using shades of line colour
  • also used for text
  • different colours for each pixel
Which one could NOT be found in a good HCI?
  • A long command line to achieve a function Correct
Which one of these would NOT be found in a good HCI?
  • A long command line to achieve a function Correct
Which step is not one of the first steps in analyzing data?
  • Questionnaires
  • Observation
  • Gathering Correct
  • Interviews
Which tool is not one of the tools to support data analysis?
  • SPSS
  • N6
  • Observer Video-Pro
  • Data Recovery Correct
Which user experience goals in desirable aspects?
  • boring
  • patronizing
  • satisfying Correct
  • frustrating
While it's best if the program can be used without documentation, support and documentation may need to be provided.
  • Help and documentation Correct
Who argue that computers should be made to apologize
  • Reeves and Naas (1998)
  • Reeves and Naas (1997)
  • Reeves and Naas (1996) Correct
  • Reeves and Naas (1999)
Why are icons better than commands?
  • not faster for beginners either
  • keys arranged in alphabetic order
  • easier to learn, small and compact Correct
  • not faster for trained typists
Why Marble answering machine (Bishop, 1995) is considered to be a good design?
  • All of them are correct Correct
  • It is based on how everyday objects behave
  • Easy, intuitive and a pleasure to use
  • Only requires one-step actions to perform core tasks
Why were windows (WIMP) invented?
  • invented to overcome physical constraints of a computer display Correct
  • need to understand self
  • need to understand family
  • need to understand neighbour
WIMP stands for Windows, Symbols, Menus, Indicating Gadget; came some time recently the GUI
  • True Correct
  • False
Window management switching between windows without distraction spacing, grouping, and simplicity
  • Typical computer parts
  • Typical computer misconceptions
  • Challenges of Windows (WIMP) Correct
  • Typical computer advantages
You cannot use inspections to test specifications, mockups, functional prototypes, or systems
  • False Correct
You want to test the intuitiveness of the functionality of the application. For this task, you will use:
  • Low fidelity prototypes Correct
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