THI2211 Revision

Which best described the principle of learnability?

• The ease where new users can achieve effective interaction and optimal performance

• The multiple ways where user and system exchange information

• The ease of use of a product to achieve maximum efficiency

• The time spent to learn using the product to achieve effective interaction

Synthesizability means to assess the effect of past actions. Which corresponds to the action shown (cut & paste)?

• Eventual honesty

• Adaptability

• Immediate honesty

• Adaptivity

Choose the answers which support task migratability.

• Use the word processor to spell check the whole document

• Amend the control bar in the word processor according to the functions that you used frequently

• Changing the measurement unit from Inches to Centimetres in the word processor

• Use the word processor to find the word "engagement" and replace it with "disengagement" for the whole file

Which of the followings support Shneiderman’s "Enable frequent users to use shortcuts"?

• Can do copy and paste easily in Windows and Mac

• As user becomes more experienced, navigation and operation become effortless

• With increased use comes the demand for quicker methods of completing tasks

• User should know where they are at and what is going on at all times

Identical terminology should be used in prompts, menus, and help screens; along with color, layout, capitalization and fonts. Which Shneiderman’s rule supports this statement?

• Offer informative feedback

• Support internal locus of control

• Design dialogs to yield closure

• Strive for consistency

Choose the rules that applied to when you are having a conversation.

• Another person decides to start speaking (self-select)

• The speaker speaks to the person next to him/her and the message is passed along

• The current speaker continues talking

• Current speaker chooses the next speaker by asking a question

To end a conversation with your friend, you can do it either the ________ or ________ way.

• polite; courteous

• direct; indirect

• implicit; explicit

• intricate; extricate

Which is NOT useful to repair conversation breakdowns?

• Speaker uses a stronger intonation to repeat the statement

• People showing puzzled looks to indicate that they are confuse of what you are saying

• Speaker clarifies her message every 5 minutes

• Person B keeps interrupting the speaker with very exaggerating gesture

Which computer mediated communications (CMC) are applicable to communicating in physically different locations?

• 3D Virtual World

• Media Space

• Video Window System

• Hypermirror

• Metaverse

What are the advantages of using asynchronous CMC?

• Messages can be read at any place and any time

• Allows to convey difficult message easier

• Can be sent to many people

  at once

• Have greater autonomy as to when to respond to the message