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HCI Long Quiz Midterm

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Allow us to use our intuitions which are based on previous experience and logic; if something is consistently done in a particular way, it will eventually become the conventional way of doing it.

a)

Predictability

b)

Generalizability

c)

Conventions

d)

Constraints

2.

Will involve limiting the actions that can be performed in a particular design.

a)

Predictability

b)

Generalizability

c)

Conventions

d)

Constraints

3.

Safety in data means, preventing user from making serious errors by ____________ of wrong keys/buttons being mistakenly activated.

a)

reducing risk

b)

recovering errors

c)

privacy

d)

All of the answers

4.

Safety in data means, providing user with means of ________________.

a)

reducing risk

b)

recovering errors

c)

privacy

d)

All of the answers

5.

Safety in data means, ensuring _______________ & security (protect sensitive information such as passwords, VISA card numbers.

a)

reducing risk

b)

recovering errors

c)

publictly

d)

All of the answers

6.

Uses windows, icons, menus and pointers (WIMP) which can be manipulated by a mouse (and often to an extent by a keyboard as well)

a)

Command Line Interface

b)

Menu Driven Interface

c)

Graphical User Interface

d)

All of the answers

7.

Can range from simple command systems to voice activated text processing

a)

Command Line Interface

b)

Menu Driven Interface

c)

Graphical User Interface

d)

Natural Language Interface

8.

Norman's Principles of Usability, ___________ is the principle is nature: when you talk to somebody, you expect a reply send back to use.

a)

Invisible Technology

b)

feedback

c)

constraints

d)

logical Constraints

9.

Norman's Principles of Usability, ______________ is restricting some kinds of user interaction to take place at a given moment

a)

Invisible Technology

b)

feedback

c)

constraints

d)

logical Constraints

10.

Norman's Principles of Usability, _________________ is exploit people’s common-sense reasoning about actions and their consequences.

a)

Invisible Technology

b)

feedback

c)

constraints

d)

logical Constraints

11.

We study HCI to determine how we can make this computer technology more usable by people.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

HCI is the study and application of usability.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Nielsen Norman Group: “provide a wide range of design services, in each case targeted to address the product development needs at hand”.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

One of the activities in HCI Design is to identify needs and establish requirement.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

One of the activities in HCI Design is to build interactive final output that can be communicated and assesses.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

One of the activities in HCI design is Iteration is needed throughout the core activities.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Interfaces that have high usability will be easier to learn and use.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Constraints, allow more user control & accommodates variations in user skill and preferences, i.e., give users choice.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Norman's Principles of Usability, physical constraints rely on learned conventions.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Norman's Principles of Usability, avoidance mean to give clues to operations of things.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Discipline concerned with the design, evaluation & implementation of interactive computer systems for human use & with the study of major phenomena surrounding them.

(a)  

22.

Is study of people, computer technology and the ways these influence each other.

(a)  

23.

Usually involves a dialog with feedback & control throughout performing a task (e.g., user invokes “print” command and then interface replies with a dialog box).

(a)  

24.

Computer and software manufacturers have noticed the importance of making computers “ (a)   ”: easy to use, save people time.

25.

Discipline contribute to HCI which provide information about human physical capabilities.

(a)  

26.

What is WYSIWYG stands for (a)   .

27.

Allow us to use our intuitions which are based on previous experience and logic; if something is consistently done in a particular way, it will eventually become the conventional way of doing it.

(a)  

28.

will show the user only what is necessary.

(a)  

29.

Will involve limiting the actions that can be performed in a particular design.

(a)  

30.

Means computer should respond immediately to a user’s input or inform the user when long delays are unavoidable.

(a)