CS408 Human Computer Interaction Midterm Quiz

Example of form fill interface is ________.

Building things from user's perspective is called _________.

A small picture that is used to represent a closed window is said to be a/an:

Form-filling interfaces are used for:

________ is an early release of a product to a few users.

________ has a goal of assessing whether the product works according to its specifications.

In usability test, which is a technique from given below options, in which you have two participants work together to perform the tasks.

What site is this,” Statement represents ___________.

In DECIDE framework ______________ comes just after choosing the evaluation paradigm and techniques.

Formal methods are used to represent:

The colors, which are directly opposite to each other are said to be:

Which of the following is true about Short-Term memory?

Which of the following is not one of the goals of HCI?

According to Juran, the fitness for purpose or use, is said to be

Which of the given statements correctly defines efficiency in terms of one of the usability goals?

Over a short period of time, we find it easier to remember the string of numbers '404 894 6743' because ___________.

Which of the following is considered the most complex species?

Which of the following is the statement given by 'Novatech' as a result of a survey on the embarrassing experiences of computers?

Which of the following is/are goal(s) of usability?

XYZ Ltd is a well-reputed software house; they make a significant investment in building ------------- that encourages greater customer loyalty.

What are the three types of reasoning?

_________ is a usability test in which a member of the test team sits in the room with the participant and actively probes the participant's understanding of whatever is being tested.

Totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated and implied needs are called ___________.

What represents the user’s expectations of the tangible outcomes of using a specific product?

Persona is not context specific, so it can be reused easily.

In an email application, configuring a new email server is a key path activity.

Which of the following are perhaps the least-documented patterns, but they are nonetheless in widespread use?

The way people carry out an activity in the real world is the same as how it may be observed in the laboratory.

Engineering a user interface involves a quantitative engineering style of working in which measurements are used to judge the quality of the interface. Hence ____________ is appropriate.

Exploring how children talk together to see if an innovative new groupware product would help them to be more engaged would probably be better informed by a ____________.

Beneath the surface is the _____________ of the site: the placement of buttons, tabs, photos, and blocks of text.

Roughly _____________ percent of the male population has some degree of color blindness.

__________ are individual and isolated regions within a display that can be selected by the user to invoke specific operations.

The __________ function came into being as the result of the implementation model for undo.

If the user wants to _________ place the document somewhere in the file system hierarchy, he can request this function from the menu.

Design of user interfaces does not entirely ___________ aesthetic concerns, but rather it places such concerns within the constraints of a _____________ framework.

When developing ____________, plan to keep them short, straightforward, and avoid asking too many.

Conventional wisdom says that ________ tell the user when he has made some mistake.

People frequently counter the idea of ________ feedback with arguments that users don't like it.

___________ environments are environments that are user and context-aware.

User personas that are not primary or secondary are ____________ personas.

Which of the following is the comparison of what happened in the world with what we wanted to happen?

The size and shape of a compact disk is a type of _____________ constraint.

_____________ research can tell you about what, how, many, and why in rich, multivariate detail.

_____________ is the least technical way of collecting data, but it can be difficult and tiring to write and observe at the same time.

Panes, frames, and other containers on screen are a kind of _____________

____________ is particularly useful early in design. It is an excellent technique to use with the prototype because it provides a wealth of diagnostic information.

Information sites with daily-updated information will naturally attract ____________ users more than a monthly-updated site.

Evaluations done during design to check that products continue to meet users’ needs are known as _____________ evaluation.

____________ frequent your primary personas access the site, _____________ transient a stance the site needs to take (respectively).

In an organization, individuals may keep their own records, or there may be local gurus. This statement concerns ____________.

Currently, many common environments for interactive computing are examples of the ____________ interface style, often simply called windowing systems.

Using icons on the desktop to represent operations is a type of ________ constraint.

____________ is a term used to refer to an attribute of an object that allows people to know how to use it.

____________ minimizes errors.

Which of the following is proportional to the amplitude of the sound; the frequency remains constant?

__________ plays a role to bridge the gap between the interfaces of machines and human understanding.

The persona’s needs are sufficiently unique to require a distinct interface form and behavior is _____________ type of Persona.

A _________ is usually a collection of icons that are reminiscent of the purpose of the various modes.

The persona is not an actual user of the product but is indirectly affected by it and its use refers to _______ persona.

During _____________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered through ______________.

The Usability Engineering lifecycle was proposed by _________.

Waterfall model is basically a _________ model in which each step must be completed before the next step can be started.

Models are used in design to

What is a semantic network?

Which are the most significant senses for the average person when it comes to interacting with a computer?

Which is a term used to refer to an attribute of an object that allows people to know how to use it?

You can load a VCR tape the right way because of _____________.

A mouse button invites pushing by the way it is physically constrained in its plastic shell, is an example of ___________ Design Principle.

________ aspect gives us hints and tips about using and creating user interface idioms, like dialog boxes and pushbuttons. Select correct option:

A. Efficient. B. Strategic. C. Tactical. D. Reliable

"Mistakes" and "Slips" are two forms of:

Ergonomics is also called ________.

User and system have their own unique language; the language used by the system is called ______.

Choice of operations and services are offered on the screen through ________.

You are given 4 cards displaying 4, E, 7 and K respectively, and you are told that if a card has a vowel on one side it has an even number on the other. Which cards would you have to turn over to check whether this is the case?

Which of the following is true regarding "Visibility"?

What will be the gulf of execution if the user is able to formulate and perform the actions easily?

Certain factors that help us to interact with graphical based systems is ________.

Which interface system is based on the question/answer dialogue?

Taking some real-world concept to perform different tasks that represent some idea inside the computer is called ________.

_____________ are unintentional while _____________ occur through conscious deliberation.

What is the main strength of the Problem Space Framework as a model of human problem solving?

___________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the range of possibilities available.

Interpretation inquiry, according to Beyer and Holtzblatt, is based on a master-apprentice model of learning.

The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected by it and its use refers to _______ persona.

_________ is a powerful, multipurpose design tool that helps overcome several problems that currently plague the development of digital products.

The difference between the intentions and allowable actions is the:

Attention is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the range of __________.

The goals of HCI are:

WYSIWYG stands for ____________.

____________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound.

Persona is not context specific, so it can be reused easily.

__________ are individual and isolated regions within display that can be selected by the user to invoke specific operations.

User personas that are not primary or secondary are ____________ personas.

Which of the following is the comparison of what happened in the world with what we wanted to happen?

The size and shape of a compact disk, is a type of _____________ constraint.

___________ Research can tell you about what, how, many and why in rich, multivariate detail.

Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one of the usability goals?

Which of the following is not a secondary color?

Which of the following device cannot be useful for a visually impaired person?

Which of the following requires less cognitive effort than others?

We are deficient in our development _________, not in our development __________ (respectively).

Which of the following is not true regarding 'cones'?

Which of the following does not count as one of the advantages of computers?

The gulf of execution refers to _______________.

Learnability, flexibility, and robustness are three main usability principles that can be considered as general headings for standards and guidelines generation. Which of the following are also high level usability categories that can guide standards and guidelines generation?

Utility refers to the functionality of a system.

The command line interface is used because:

Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one of the usability goals?

Which of the following is not one of the primary colors?

Which of the following is concerned primarily with understanding human behavior and the mental processes that underlie it?

HCI deals with:

Human beings interact with the outside world using their:

Visually impaired persons can interact with the outside world using their:

_____________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the range of possibilities available.

__________ refers to the relationship between controls and their effects in the world.

_________________ plays a role to bridge up the gap between the interfaces of machines and human understanding.

___________ is a very general goal of Usability and refers to how good a system is at doing what it is supposed to do.

_________________ is what goes on in our heads when we carry out our everyday activities?

_______________ is the process by which we use the knowledge we have to draw conclusions or infer something new about the domain of interest.

________ research helps us understand the domain, context, and constraints of a product in different, more useful ways than _______ research do.

In an organization individuals may keep their own records, or there may be local gurus. This statement concerns with ____________.

Using icons on the desktop to represent operations is a type of ________ constraint.

____________ is a term used to refer to an attribute of an object that allows people to know how to use it.

_____________ minimizes errors.

Which of the following is proportional to the amplitude of the sound; the frequency remains constant?

__________ plays a role to bridge up the gap between the interfaces of machines and human understanding.

The persona’s needs are sufficiently unique to require a distinct interface form and behavior is _____________ type of Persona.

A _________ is usually a collection of icons that are reminiscent of the purpose of the various modes.

During _____________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered through ______________.

Waterfall model is basically a _________ model in which each step must be completed before the next step can be started.

Models are used in design to:

What is a semantic network?

Which are the most significant senses for the average person when it comes to interacting with a computer?

_________ refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.

_____________ are GUIs that consist of electronic counterparts to physical objects in the real world to match the knowledge requirements of users.

________ language tends to be grammatical while _________ language is often ungrammatical.

Aspect gives us hints and tips about using and creating user interface idioms.

The Usability Engineering lifecycle was proposed by _________.

Ali wants to develop an application that incorporates print, audio video media and software applications on a single place. Which of the following will help in this regard?

Ali is looking at how interface designers went about their work. He identified two different modes of activity: one is _________ and the other is ___________.

Scenario content and context are derived from information gathered during the ____________ phase and analyzed during the ______________ phase (respectively).

Ali requires access via a navigational portal relatively infrequently that provides clear, simple navigational control. Which of the following posture is appropriate in this case?

___________ are dragged down from the title at the top of the screen.

When you engage in a conversation, you are more attentive to what the other person is saying. It is called:

Driving a vehicle while holding a conversation with a passenger is an example of _________.

GOMS stands for:

Which of the following is/are the main component(s) of color?