Human Computer Interaction
HCI (cs408)
Final Term Papers
Reference By: M.ASIF Khan
_____________ is like the building name for a website. (Page # 287)
► Site ID Navigation ► Section ► None of the given
____________ is particularly useful early in design. It is excellent technique
to use with the prototype, because it provides a wealth of diagnostic
information. (Page # 276)
► Co-discovery Active intervention Splendid research None of
the given
_______ is the extra work that satisfies the needs to achieve our objective.
(Page# 245)
► Evaluation Excise Testing None of the given
Panes, frames and other containers on screen is a kind of ____ (Page # 206)
► Functional and data elements View Input method None of
the given
_____________is the least technical way of collecting data, but it can be
difficult and tiring to write and observe at the same time. (Page# 365)
► Audio recording. ► Taking notes. ► Observation ► Video
Every page within a site should contain a brief _________ that accurately
describes the content of the page. (Page # 298)
Site ID. Header Local Navigation. Search button
________ applications are great platforms for creating an environment rich,
in visual feedback for the user. (Page # 222)
► Sovereign ► Transient ► Auxiliary ► Daemonic
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What is the fifth step in defining the requirements with respect to persona-
based design? (Page # 200)
Brainstorming. Identifying persona expectations. Constructing the
context scenario. Identifying needs
____________ are unintentional while _____________ occur through
conscious deliberation. (Page# 100)
► Slips, mistakes Errors, slips Mistakes, errors Mistakes, slips
___________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point
in time, from the range of possibilities available. (Page# 76)
► Perception and recognition Attention Learning None of these
______environments are environments that are user and context aware.
(Page # 418)
► Attentive Non-attentive Visual Sensing
___________ involves watching and listening to users. (Page # 361)
► Observation Evaluation Qualitative research Interaction
The name of the document should be shown on the application's_____.
(Page # 326)
A. Menu bar
B. Title bar
C. Title bar and menu bar
D. Not Title bar and not menu bar
► Only B
► Only D
► A and B
► A and D
The established standard suite of _________ for most applications consists
of the Save As dialog, the Save Changes dialog, and the Open File dialog.
(Page # 325)
► OS management File management Data management Application
management
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_______ is the remarkable facility that lets us reverse a previous action.
(Page # 310)
► Redo ► Undo ► Repeat ► Delete
Explanatory undo is, generally, a much more pleasant feature than ______.
(Page # 312)
► Single Undo ► Multiple undo ► Blind undo ► Incremental
Undo
Browser Title always contains the word ‘_______’. (Page # 300)
► Home Default Error Browser
Interpretation inquiry, according to Beyer and Holtzblatt, is based on a
master-apprentice model of learning. (Page # 176)
► True
► False
Roughly ___________ percent of the male population has some degree of
color blindness. (Page# 358)
10 20 30 40
The ____ is a concrete expression of the more abstract structure of the site.
(Page# 306)
Skeleton Scope Strategy Structure
____________ are the street signs of the web. (Page # 291)
Site IDs Home pages Page Names Sections
______________ is not like other pages; it has different burdens to bear,
different promises to keep. (Page # 287)
Homepage Form Navigation bar Sections
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The ___________ suggests identifying goals and questions first before
selecting techniques for the study (Page # 367)
RVM model DECIDE framework Usability testing Field study
Number of keystrokes is ____________ work. (Page # 212)
Logical Mnemonic Physical Structural
Recalling password is ____________ work. (Page # 212)
Logical Mnemonic Physical Structural
The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected by
it and its use refers to _______ persona (Page # 197)
Primary Secondary Served Negative
_____________ are perhaps the least-documented patterns, but they are
nonetheless in widespread use. (Page # 217)
Postural Structural Behavioral Mnemonic
The way people carry out an activity in the real world is same as how it may
be observed in the laboratory (Page # 256)
True False
Engineering a user interface involves a quantitative engineering style of
working in which measurements are used to judge the quality of interface.
Hence____________ is appropriate. (Page # 264)
Usability testing Field study Predictive evaluation DECIDE
framework
Exploring how children talk together in order to see if an innovative new
groupware product would help them to be more engaged would probably be
better informed by a ______________. (Page # 264)
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Usability testing Field study Predictive evaluation DECIDE
framework
Beneath the surface is the _____________ of the site: the placement of
buttons, tabs, photos, and blocks of text. (Page # 306)
Surface Structure Skeleton Scope
Roughly _____________ percent of the male population has some degree of
color blindness. (Page# 358)
10 20 30 40
__________ are individual and isolated regions within display that can be
selected by the user to invoke specific operations. (Page # 133)
Buttons Pointers Menus Windows
The __________ function came into being as the result of the
implementation model for undo (Page # 314)
Redo Undo Repeat Delete
If the user wants to _________ place the document somewhere in the file
system hierarchy, he can request this function from the menu. (Page # 327)
Explicitly Implicitly Habitually Properly
Design of user interfaces does not entirely ___________ aesthetic concerns,
but rather it places such' concerns within the constraints of a__________
Framework. (Page # 343)
Include, Functional Exclude, Functional Include, Non-Functional
Exclude, Non-Functional
When developing ____________, plan to keep them short, straightforward
and avoid asking too many. (Page# 371)
Videos Documentation Interview questions Contextual
enquiry
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Conventional wisdom says that ________ tell the user when he has made
some mistake. (Page# 382)
Program crash System stuck Error messages Metadata
People frequently counter the idea of ________feedback with arguments that
Users don't like it (Page# 393)
Audible Video Walkthroughs Questions
____environments are environments that are user and context aware.
(Page# 418)
Non-attentive Visual Sensing Attentive
User personas that are not primary or secondary are _____ personas.
(Page# 196)
Served Negative Customer Supplemental
Which of the following is the comparison of what happened in the world
with what we wanted to happen? (Page# 99)
Action Evaluation Execution None of these
_____________ Research can tell you about what, how, many and why in
rich, multivariate detail. (Page# 166)
Quantitative Qualitative SME None of these
_____________is the least technical way of collecting data, but it can be
difficult and tiring to write and observe at the same time. (Page# 365)
Audio recording. Taking notes. Observation Video
Panes, frames and other containers on screen is a kind of ______
(Page# 206)
Functional and data elements View Input method None of the
given
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_______ is particularly useful early in design. It is excellent technique to use
with the prototype, because it provides a wealth of diagnostic
information.(Page# 276)
Co-discovery Active intervention Splendid research None of the
given
Information sites with daily-updated information will naturally attract
____________ users more than a monthly-updated site. (Page# 229)
Repeat Infrequent Nonuser None of the given
Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet
user’s needs are known as _____________ evaluation. (Page# 258)
Formative Summative Relative None of the given
______ frequent your primary personas access the site, ______transient a
stance the site needs to take (respectively). (Page# 230)
More, Less Less, more Less, less None of the given
___________ suggests identifying goals and questions first before selecting
techniques for the study (Page# 367)
RVM model DECIDE framework Usability testing Field
study
______________ applications are great platforms for creating an
environment rich, in visual feedback for the user. (Page# 222)
Sovereign Transient Auxiliary Daemonic
___________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point
in time, from the range of possibilities available. (Page# 76)
Perception and recognition Attention Learning None of these
__________ is like the building name for a website. (Page# 287)
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Site ID Navigation Section None of the given
_________ is the extra work that satisfies the needs to achieve our objective.
(Page# 245)
Evaluation Excise Testing None of the given
______ are unintentional while ________ occur through conscious
deliberation. (Page# 100)
Slips, mistakes Errors, slips Mistakes, errors Mistakes, slips
What is the main strength of the Problem Space Framework as a model of
human problem solving? (Page# 91)
It operates within the constraints of the human processing system
None of these
It explains what is involved in insight It allows ill-defined problems to be
solved
___________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point
in time, from the range of possibilities available. (Page# 76)
Perception and recognition Attention Learning None of these
___________ involves watching and listening to users. (Page# 361)
Observation Evaluation Qualitative research Interaction
The name of the document should be shown on the
application’s__________. (Page# 326)
Menu bar . Title bar Title bar and menu bar Not Title bar and not
menu bar
The established standard suite of _________ for most applications consists
of the Save As dialog, the Save Changes dialog, and the Open File dialog.
(Page# 325)
OS management File management Data management Application
management
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Human Computer Interaction
____ is the remarkable facility that lets us reverse a previous action.
(Page# 310)
Redo Undo Repeat Delete
Explanatory undo is, generally, a much more pleasant feature than
________. (Page# 312)
Single Undo Multiple undo Blind undo Incremental Undo
Browser Title always contains the word ‘_______’. (Page# 300)
Home Default Error Browser
Interpretation inquiry, according to Beyer and Holtzblatt, is based on a
master apprentice model of learning. (Page# 176)
True False
____________ are the street signs of the web. (Page# 290)
Site IDs Home pages Page Names Sections
______________ is not like other pages; it has different burdens to bear,
different promises to keep. (Page# 287)
Homepage Form Navigation bar Sections
Number of keystrokes is ____________ work. (Page# 212)
Logical Mnemonic Physical Structural
Recalling password is ____________ work. (Page# 212)
Logical Mnemonic Physical Structural
The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected by
it and its use refers to _______ persona (Page# 197)
Primary Secondary Served Negative
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______ is a powerful, multipurpose design tool that helps overcome
several problems that currently plague the development of digital products.
(Page# 187)
Scenario Persona Prototype none
The difference between the intentions and allowable actions is the:
(Page# 103)
Gulf of Execution Gulf of Evaluation None of these
Attention is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in
time, from the range of (Page# 76)
Possibilities available Time Available None of these
The goals of HCI are : (Page# 30)
Usability and User Experience Learn ability and Comfort Tasks and
Goals.
While there can be wide variations in where and how you conduct usability
test, every usability test shares: (Page# 270)
Three Characteristics Five Characteristics Seven Characteristics
WYSIWYG stands for ____________. (Page# 36)
Where you see is where you get What you see is what you get
When you see it when you get
____________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound. (Page# 70)
Pitch Loudness Timber
If the user wants to _________ place the document somewhere in the file
system hierarchy, he can request this function from the menu. (Page# 327)
Explicitly Implicitly Habitually Properly
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Which of the following is the comparison of what happened in the world
with what we wanted to happen? (Page# 99)
Action Evaluation Execution None of these
Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet
user’s needs are known as _____________ evaluation. (Page# 258)
Formative Summative Relative None of the given
Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one
of the usability goals? (Page# 31)
It is a very general goal and refers to how good a system at doing what
it is suppose to do.
It refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
It involves protecting the users from dangerous conditions
It involves protecting the users from undesired situations
Which of the following is not a secondary color? (Page# 63)
Green Orange Purple Blue
Which of the following requires less cognitive effort than others? (Page# 87)
Listening speaking hearing None of the given
We are deficient in our development _________, not in our development
__________ (respectively). (Page# 23)
Process, Tools Tools, Process Tools, Methodology None of
these
Which of the following is not true regarding “cones”? (Page# 56)
A type of receptor in eye more sensitive to light
Different types of cones are sensitive to different wavelengths of light
Eye has approximately 6 million cones
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Which of the following does not count as one of the advantages of
computers? (Page# 9)
Computers are enabling new discoveries Leading to efficiencies
Making our life convenient
Depending so much on computers may give fatal results
Which of the following is not true? (Page# 30)
Utility refers to the functionality of a system
Usability is concerned with adding complexity to the system
Usability is concerned with making systems easy to use
Poorly designed computer system can be extremely annoying to users
The command line interface is used because (Page# 127)
It is easy to understand It is demanded by DOS
It is offered by Unix systems It is powerful and flexible
Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one
of the usability goals? (Page# 31)
It is a very general goal and refers to how good a system at doing what
it is suppose to do.
It refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
It involves protecting the users from dangerous conditions
It involves protecting the users from undesired situations
Which of the following is concerned primarily with understanding human
behavior and the mental processes that underlie it? (Page# 43)
Psychology Sociology Statistics Computer Science
Which of the given statements correctly defines efficiency in terms of one of
the usability goals? (Page# 31)
It is a very general goal and refers to how good a system at doing what it is
suppose to do.
It refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
It involves protecting the users from dangerous conditions
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It involves protecting the users from undesired situations
__________ plays a role to bridge up the gape between the interfaces of
machines and human understanding. (Page# 14)
Human Computer Human Computer Interaction None of these
The persona’s needs are sufficiently unique to require a distinct interface
form and behavior is _____________ type of Persona. (Page# 159)
Primary Secondary Supplement Negative
A _________is usually a collection of icons those are reminiscent of the
purpose of the various modes. (Page# 133)
Button Pointer Palette Title bar
The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected
by it and its use refers to _______ persona (Page# 159)
Primary Secondary Served Negative
During _____________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered
through ______________. (Page# 159)
Modeling, analysis Analysis, modeling
Testing, modeling Testing, Analysis
The Usability Engineering lifecycle was proposed by ____. (Page# 153)
Deborah Mayhew Webster Barry Boehm. Hartson.
Waterfall model is basically a _________ model in which each step must
be completed before the next step can be started (Page# 149)
Incremental Linear Iterative Analytical
_______ and _________ are the same things (Page# 248)
Excise and Navigation Excise and Testing
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Excise and Evaluation All of the given
Scenario content and context are derived from information gathered during
the____________ phase and analyzed during the ______________ phase
(respectively) (Page # 199)
Research, modeling Modeling, implementation
Research, implementation Modeling, Research
What do you enjoy most about your job (or lifestyle) is an example of
_________. (Page# 183)
Avoidance Motivation Exceptions Attitude-oriented questions
________ represents the Early-phase of ethnographic interviews.
(Page# 181)
Clarify user roles and behaviors. Confirm patterns of use.
Clarifying questions. Focused on domain knowledge.
There can only be one _________ persona per interface for a product
(Page# 196)
Primary Secondary Supplemental Customer
____________ capture the non-verbal dialogue between artifact and user
over time. (Page# 199)
Persona Scenario Dialogue Design model
Number of keystrokes is the type of ____________ work. (Page# 212)
Logical Mnemonic Physical Structural
What are the most common things you do with the product is a type of
________. (Page# 182)
Goal-oriented question. System-oriented question.
Workflow-oriented question. Attitude-oriented question.
Desktop applications fit into _____________ categories of posture.
(Page# 220)
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Two Four Five Three
Goal-oriented context scenarios are _____________ task-oriented than key
path Scenario (Page# 208)
Less Alike More None of the given
____________ patterns can be applied at the conceptual level. (Page# 217)
Postural Structural Behavioral Mnemonic
____________ represent the user’s expectations of the tangible outcomes of
using a specific product. (Page# 192)
Non-user goals End goals Experience goals Life goals
If the user requires access via a navigational portal relatively infrequently,
the appropriate posture is ______________. (Page# 231)
Sovereign Transient Temporary None of the given
The ___ phase sets the stage for the core of the design effort (Page# 205)
Requirement definition Modeling Implementation None of the
If the product is new then _____________ time is usually invested in
market research. (Page# 257)
Less Less More None of the given
Which of the following is least likely to be revealed by a paper prototype?
Your users don’t know the term algorithm
Toolbar buttons are too small to press.
The Help menu isn’t in the right place. None of the given
_______ and _________ are the same things (Page# 248)
Excise and Navigation Excise and Testing Excise and Evaluation
All of the given
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________ is needed to check that users can use the product and like it.
(Page# 256)
Coding Evaluation Guideline None of the given
What is the fifth step in defining the requirements with respect to persona
based design? (Page# 200)
► Brainstorming. Identifying persona expectations.
► Constructing the context scenario. Identifying needs
What is the main strength of the Problem Space Framework as a model of
human problem solving? (Page# 91)
It operates within the constraints of the human processing system
It explains what is involved in insight
It allows ill-defined problems to be solved None of these
The established standard suite of _________ for most applications consists
of the Save As dialog, the Save Changes dialog, and the Open File dialog.
(Page# 325)
OS management File management Data management Application
management
Explanatory undo is, generally, a much more pleasant feature than
___________. (Page# 312)
Single Undo Multiple undo Blind undo Incremental Undo
Browser Title always contains the word ‘_______’. (Page# 300)
Home Default Error Browser
To make an appointment you need to see a calendar and possibly
contacts you might incorporate all these together, due to____ . (Page# 206)
Form factor Input method View None of the given
What is the fourth step in defining the requirements with respect to
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persona-based design? (Page# 200)
Creating problem and vision statement. Brainstorming.
Identifying persona expectations. Constructing the context scenario.
Navigation represents excise except in _________. (Page# 248)
Web Games Windows Menus
If the user requires access via a navigational portal relatively infrequently,
the appropriate posture is ____________. (Page# 231)
Sovereign Transient Temporary None of the given
Because the user's interaction with a _______ program dominates his
session at the computer, the program shouldn't be afraid to take as much
screen real estate as possible. (Page# 222)
Transient Auxiliary Sovereign Daemonic
Programs that are best used full-screen, monopolizing the user’s attention
for long periods of time, are _______ posture application. (Page# 220)
Transient Sovereign Auxiliary None of the given
Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet
users’ needs are known as ___________ evaluation. (Page# 258)
Formative Summative Relative None of the given
What is the second step in defining the requirements with respect to
persona-based design? (Page# 200)
Brainstorming Creating problem and vision statement.
Identifying persona expectations. Constructing the context scenario.
__________ patterns can be applied at the conceptual level. (Page# 217)
Postural Structural Behavioral Mnemonic
Overviews serve a similar purpose to ____ in an interface. (Page# 253)
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Navigation Excise Signposts None of the given
__________personas address the needs of customers, not end users.
(Page# 197)
Served Negative Customer Supplemental
Navigation represents excise except in _________. (Page# 248)
Web Games Windows Menus
Desktop applications fit into ___________ categories of posture.
(Page# 220)
Two Four Five Three
__________ represent the user’s expectations of the tangible outcomes of
using a specific product. (Page# 192)
Non-user goals End goals Experience goals Life goals
WYSIWYG stands for ____________. (Page# 36)
Where you see is where you get What you see is what you get
When you see it when you get
____________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound. (Page# 70)
Pitch Loudness Timber
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