CS408 final term

_____ computing is to enable devices to sense changes in their environment and to automatically adapt and act based on these changes.

According to the law of many European and western countries, organizations with a website must ensure that their website is accessible by _____________.

Interactive features, safety features, and reliability are all examples of the requirements of a system.

___________ are people who do not currently use the product but who are good candidates for using it in the future.

___________ are the visible representations of functions and data in the interface like panes, frames, and other containers on screen.

Evaluations done during design to check that the product continues to meet users' needs are known as _____________ evaluation.

You have a cell phone that has alarms, email, and web browsers applications. Which of the following posture cell phone have?

In an interview, a student will ask questions about domains in ________.

______________ techniques are used individually or in combination and are often supplemented with photos from a still camera.

The name of the document should be shown on the application's ____________.

The term ____________ derives from systems theory and refers not only to the hardware and software but to the entire environment.

Graphic designer uses _____________ test to ensure that visual interface design employs contrast effectively.

Which of the following will be more effective to understand for humans while designing a visual interface?

When deleting a file or folder in Windows XP, which of the following error dialog appears?

Which of the following dialog will help a student make a presentation in PowerPoint?

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

Which evaluation paradigm is appropriate for an interface designer creating a user interface involving a quantitative engineering style of working?

Why are people less able to distinguish fine detail in blue?

The difference between the intentions and allowable actions is the:

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.

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

To implement __________ in tabs or buttons bar, each button needs to be a separate graphic.

The goals of HCI are:

WYSIWYG stands for __________.

__________ are a well-established technique for collecting demographic data and users' opinions.

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?

________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound.

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

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

_____ present a fascinating lens through which we can view the network relationships between systems.

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

__________ environments are environments that are user and context aware.

While there can be wide variations in where and how you conduct usability tests, every usability test shares:

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

A team of web developers evaluates a website whether user-interface elements conform to the principles. Which of the techniques do they follow?

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

You may view in Microsoft Word to provide printed documentation, that is used as a reference tool for perpetual intermediate. It is called.

When you do a search on google.com or any other search engine, which of the following will help the search engine to match user queries with keywords in a website?

Usability testing works for _____________.

_________ computers are especially useful for applications that require computational support while the user's hands, voice, eyes, or attention are actively engaged with the physical environment.

Transactional sites that are used for a significant part of an employee's job should be considered full _____________ applications.

If someone is doing voice chat with his friend, which physical receptor is involved in this process?

The statement 'What site is this?' represents __________.

Which of the following senses do not play a significant role in HCI?

__________ 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.

___________ is needed to check that users can use the product and like it.

_____________ are perhaps the least-documented patterns, but they are nonetheless in widespread use.

Good examples of _____________ are word processors and spreadsheets; these programs use full-screen, monopolizing the user's attention for long periods of time.

Evaluations done during design to check that the product continues to meet user's needs are known as _____________ evaluation.

______ and _________ are the same things.

__________ is the extra work that satisfies the needs to achieve our objective.

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

Ali is an HCI specialist; he believes that usability testing works for __________.

In DECIDE framework choosing the evaluation comes just after _______.

Version numbers should not be given on the ________ of a website since it does not attract users.

When we tell our word processor to print a document, it doesn't tell us when the paper supply is low, or when forty other documents are queued up before us because software lacks the following characteristics.

Number of keystrokes is the type of ____________ work.

Problem solving, planning, reasoning, and decision-making are all cognitive involving__________.

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

Ethnography is a method that comes originally from anthropology and literally means

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

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

What are the three types of reasoning?

If the user requires access via a navigational portal relatively infrequently, the appropriate posture is ______________.

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

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.

Web designers use the term _____________ to describe the set of navigation elements that appear on every page of a site.

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

The human eye has approximately _________ rods and __________ cones per eye.

Which of the following is considered the most complex species?

To make an appointment you need to see a calendar and possibly contacts you might incorporate all these together, due to ______.

Global Navigation system is also called__________.

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

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

________ applications are great platforms for creating an environment rich in visual feedback for the user.

Overviews serve a similar purpose to _________ in an interface.

Which of the following is a true statement?

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

Which of the following is not true?

This is not a characteristic of a usability test?

Formal methods are used to represent

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

Figuring out where you are ‘on the web' is called__________.

Choice of operations and services are offered on the screen through __________

Desktop applications fit into _____________ categories of posture.

Navigation represents excise except in ___________.

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

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

Form-filling interfaces are used for

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

Which of the following is a flaw in the waterfall model?

There are two aspects in which we can understand the nature of usability.

Name of the document should be shown on the application‘s__________.

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 ______________.

Once the user inputs into the system, the input language is translated into the language as operations to be performed by the system.

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

_________ is the remarkable facility that lets us reverse a previous action.

____________ is not like other pages; it has different burdens to bear, different promises to keep.

Which of the following is used to toggle between two states?

Which of the following is a text entry device?

___________ suggests identifying goals and questions first before selecting techniques for the study.

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

'Mistakes' and 'Slips' are two forms of

HCI deals with _______________________.

The _____________ model should match the __________ model.

Which of the following is/are aspect(s) of human action?

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

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

Building things from the user's perspective is called

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

Certain factors that help us to interact with graphical based systems include

Drive a vehicle while holding a conversation with a passenger is the example of _________.

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

What is a semantic network?

_____________ is like the building name for a website.

_____________ is like the building name for a website.

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

__________ personas address the needs of customers, not end users.

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.

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

Which of the following devices can not be useful for a visually impaired person?

The gulf of execution refers to __________.

Which of the following are high level usability categories that can guide standards and guidelines generation?

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

Human beings interact with the outside world using their:

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

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

_________ 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.

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.

___________ minimize errors.

Models are used in design to:

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.

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

Faisal identified two different modes of activity: one is _________ and the other is ___________.

___________ 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?

_________ is a Usability Goal and refers to how easy a system is to remember how to use once learned.

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

Ali wants to make a copy of a document in MS Word to make some changes to the original. Which process will help?

If you want to find out whether adding a bulletin board to an e-commerce website increases the number of visitors, which analysis will help?

When you try to log on to Yahoo and wrongly enter a password in capital letters causing an error message, which error message dialog will appear?

With the help of ____ Model, one can quantify (on the basis of Quantitative Measurements) the human performance in using computer-based systems.

______ is an iterative process best performed with a small, collaborative group.

Physical objects are said to have ____ affordance.

Which of these specialists is user-centered?

Companies ABC market its product in a traditional way. Which research method will the company follow for a successful traditional marketing campaign?

The missing ingredient in scenario-based methods is the use of _____

________ are concise narrative descriptions of one or more personas using a product to achieve a specific goal.

Which of the following is not part of the WWW?

HCI specialists want to measure the typical user’s performance on typical tasks. Which evaluation paradigm will be used?

Laboratory experiments are strongly controlled and are quite different from workplace, home, and leisure environments; therefore, they have low ecological __________.

___________ are the links to the main portions of the site at the top level of the site hierarchy.

Browser title always contains the word:

Adding seven or more additional colors ____ search performance.

Brick (TMG 1990-95) is a graphical user interface that allows ____ control of virtual objects through handles called 'Bricks'.

__________ minimize errors.

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

______ aspect(s) gives us hints and tips about using and creating user interface idioms, like dialog boxes and pushbuttons.

The Usability Engineering lifecycle was proposed by _________.

He identified two different modes of activity: one is _________ and the other is ___________.

The _____________ is a concrete expression of the more abstract structure of the site.

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

________ 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.

Around 63% of software projects exceed their cost estimates. The top four reasons for this are: A– Frequent requests for changes from users, B– Overlooked tasks, C– Users' lack of understanding of their own requirements, D– Insufficient user-analyst communication and understanding. Which are correct?

________ of the potential sales from a site are lost because people cannot find the item they are looking for.

The human eye is very sensitive to ______.

Top of the web page contains the _________.

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

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

Every page within a site should contain a brief _________ that accurately describes the content of the page.

What is the fifth step in defining the requirements with respect to persona-based design?

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

__________ are unintentional while _____________ occur through conscious deliberation.

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

__________ Patterns can be applied at the conceptual level.

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

________ involves watching and listening to users.

The established standard suite of _________ for most applications consists of the Save As dialog, the Save Changes dialog, and the Open File dialog.

Explanatory undo is, generally, a much more pleasant feature than ___________.

Browser Title always contains the word _______.

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

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

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

Which of the following is not a secondary color?

Which of the following requires less cognitive effort than others?

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

The command line interface is used because:

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

________ 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 those are reminiscent of the purpose of the various modes.

If the product is new then __________ time is usually invested in market research.

During _________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered through _________.

The Star lifecycle was proposed by ______________.

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

__________ represents the Early-phase of ethnographic interviews.

There can only be one _________ persona per interface for a product.

What are the most common things you do with the product is a type of _______.

Goal-oriented context scenarios are _____________ task-oriented than key path Scenario.

________ represent the user's expectations of the tangible outcomes of using a specific product.

The ______ phase sets the stage for the core of the design effort.

If you are taking a lecture and suddenly you hear music or voices from the other room, it is called?

Which of the following is a long-term individual difference?

___________ refers to how good a system is at doing what it is supposed to do?

As a software designer, which aspects guide you to think about the way in which the user and the idiom interact?

Adeel renders financial services in ABC bank. He specialized in his field. What is he called?

__________ capture the non-verbal dialogue between artifact and user over time.

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

Alia is used to describe design problem/solution by ___________ that is an imagined or projected sequence of events.

Which of the following steps is NOT the process of defining the interaction framework?

If you are taking a lecture and suddenly you hear music or voices from the other room, it is called?

Which of the following is a long-term individual difference?

___________ refers to how good a system is at doing what it is supposed to do.

As a software designer, which aspects guide you to think about the way in which the user and the idiom interact?

Adeel renders financial services in 'ABC' bank. He specialized in his field. What is he called?

__________ capture the non-verbal dialogue between artifact and user over time.

Scenario content and context are derived from information gathered during __________ the phase and analyzed during the _________ phase.

Alia is used to describe design problem/solution by __________ that is an imagined or projected sequence of events, especially any of several detailed plans or possibilities.

Which of the following steps is NOT part of the process of defining the interaction framework?

Which of the following is least likely to be revealed by a paper prototype?

Recalling password is __________ Work.

___________ patterns can be applied at the conceptual level.

The __________ suggests identifying goals and questions first before selecting techniques for the study.

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 __________.

__________ are the street signs of the web.

_________ is like the building name for a website.

Use of highlighted tabs in global navigation bar shows this is the ‘_________’ page.

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

Data collection and analysis often occur simultaneously in ___________ with analysis happening at many different levels throughout the study.

The biggest limitation of __________ , __________ is when the user accidentally short-circuits the capability of the undo facility to rescue him.

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

A study by Human Factors International indicated that _________ color significantly reduced search time.

A website is a collection of _________ systems with complex dependencies.

_________ integrates computation into the environment, rather than having computers which are distinct objects.

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

Political campaigns, marketing departments ask users inquiries by conducting the following interview technique?

Being a programmer, you wrote a lot of error messages while coding. Which of the following is not a requirement to write well-formed error messages?

______________ computers are especially useful for applications that require computational support while the user's hands, voice, eyes or attention are actively engaged with the physical environment.

Requirements specification involves:

What are the most common things you do with the product is a type of _______.

What do you procrastinate on? is a type of _________

Early in design, developers want to meet informally to get feedback on idea about user's need and evaluation is called __________.

Like 'You are here' indicators, __________ show you where you are.

Imagine an artist spraying a drawing with glue. All marks made up to that point are now permanent. This process is called?

You are typing an application for 'sick-leave' in MS Word. You wrongly type purpose of leave 'urgent work' instead of 'sick'. Which of the following commands will help you to reverse one or more previous actions?

Ali is a visual interface designer, he organizes interface by ________ visual cues in individual elements or in the background on which the active elements rest.

You might have experienced deleting a file or folder in Windows XP. A dialog box appears 'Do you want to delete file?' having two options 'yes' or 'no'. Which of the following error dialog appears?

_________ cognitive process involves encoding and recalling knowledge and acting appropriately.

During _______ usage and workflow patterns discovered through analysis of the field research and interviews are synthesized into domain and user models.

Unable to edit pdf document, is a type of ___________ constraints.

Learn only a single mode of operation that is applicable to all objects, is a benefit of ________.

As a software designer, which aspects give us hints and tips about using and creating user idioms, like dialog boxes and push buttons?

Social science and usability texts are full of methods and techniques for conducting research.

What do you enjoy most about your job (or lifestyle) is an example of _________.

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

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?

_________ aspect(s) gives us hints and tips about using and creating user interface idioms, like dialog boxes and push buttons.