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290+ Usability Engineering Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Computer Science Engineering (CSE) .

101.

A technique that organizes data into groups to form non-redundant, stable, flexible, and adaptive entities is:

A. optimization
B. normalization
C. randomization
D. requirements analysis
Answer» B. normalization
102.

Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of the systems developments projects?

A. size of the company
B. failure of systems integration
C. inadequate user involvement
D. continuation of a project that should have been cancelled
Answer» A. size of the company
103.

A software might allow a user to interact via

A. keyboard commands
B. mouse movement
C. voice recognition commands
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
104.

_ helps meet psychological and cognitive processing needs, increases human confidence.

A. attitude
B. feedback
C. visual analysis
D. interaction design
Answer» B. feedback
105.

What is the fundamental insight underlying the "cognitive walk through" method of evaluation?

A. processes are the most important aspect of the user experience
B. the idea that users can sometimes be left out of the evaluation
C. the idea that users earn by exploring an interface text should be legible and distinguishable from its background under different lighting conditions
D. the idea that experts need to work hand in hand with useers to develop an optimal user experience
Answer» C. the idea that users earn by exploring an interface text should be legible and distinguishable from its background under different lighting conditions
106.

Which of the following is a design implication of our understanding of human attention?

A. the same kinds of distinctions that a person would feel in the world
B. information than is needed at the present moment for the user
D. sounds should be audible and distinguishable in the user
Answer» B. information than is needed at the present moment for the user
107.

"An informal narrative description of human activities or tasks in a story that allows exploration and discussion of contexts, needs, and requirements" describes which of the following?

A. storyboard
B. scenario
C. use case
D. uml case
Answer» B. scenario
108.

Mental model is a/ an                       of a device or a system

A. summary of the characteristics of users
B. estimate of mental level of users
C. human representation of the conceptual structure
D. investigation results about mental characteristics of users
Answer» C. human representation of the conceptual structure
109.

What is the most important property that prototype should have?

A. should allow the key concepts to be tested with users
B. should support a wide range of user tests
C. should look like the final product
D. should be easy to throw away
Answer» A. should allow the key concepts to be tested with users
110.

Metaphor is a cognitive process in which an experience is related to:

A. an already familiar concept
B. a newly created concept
C. an expert rule
D. an organizational rule
Answer» A. an already familiar concept
111.

A simplified model of Human Information Processign include human resources such as:

A. memory
B. strength
C. energy
D. head
Answer» A. memory
112.

The design of a keyboard layout reflects the                       concern in HCI

A. cognitive
B. physical
C. usefulness
D. usability
Answer» B. physical
113.

Define life cycle model in HCI.

A. none of the mentioned
B. star, usability engineering
C. usability engineering, iterative design
D. star, iterative design
Answer» B. star, usability engineering
114.

Process oriented Main element
Issue, position and arguments
Which design rationale suite the characteristic above?

A. issue-based information system
B. design space analysis
C. psychological design rationale
D. graphical design rationale
Answer» A. issue-based information system
115.

Which rule in Schneiderman Golden Rule suite the statement below "For every user action, to simplify new system sign up process, error correction system must be provided to facilitate user"

A. strive for consistency
B. offer informative feedback
C. disign dialogues to yield closure
D. offer error prevention and simple error handling
Answer» A. strive for consistency
116.

Choose THREE (3) senses in Multi-modal Technology
i. Touch
ii. Smell
iii. Sound

A. i, ii and iii
B. i, iii and iv
C. i, ii and iv
D. ii, iii and iv
Answer» A. i, ii and iii
117.

Which of the following is the handwriting recognition device?

A. tablet pc
B. lcd monitor
C. keyboard
D. monochrome monitor
Answer» A. tablet pc
118.

How many principle in universal design?

A. six
B. seven
C. eight
D. ten
Answer» B. seven
119.

Given a scenario where you have a very small user base, which evaluationstrategy would you select:

A. between groups
B. within groups, fixed order tasks
C. within groups, randomised tasks
D. within groups, a combination of fixed and random tasks
Answer» C. within groups, randomised tasks
120.

Which of the following is/are false about Within-group study design?

A. there are two groups of test users
B. there is one group of test users
C. there is a learning effect
D. every test user uses both systems
Answer» A. there are two groups of test users
121.

In user experiments, we have a Control Group to:

A. deal with extra people
B. establish a baseline
C. evaluate the default behaviour of people
D. distract people
Answer» C. evaluate the default behaviour of people
122.

Suppose you have designed two versions of your application and you show themto a set of 10 users one by one for a user study. Which of the following studydesigns does this signify?

A. within-group
B. between-group
C. control-group
D. none of the above
Answer» A. within-group
123.

Which of the following is true about good design?

A. good design is just cool graphics
B. good design is just common sense
C. good design comes from an iterative process with the user in loop
D. good design can come from fixing the ui at the end
Answer» C. good design comes from an iterative process with the user in loop
124.

HCI design standards include recommendations based on

A. human physical,
B. cognitive
C. affective characteristics
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
125.

Which of the following is golden rule for interface design?

A. place the user in control
B. reduce the user’s memory load
C. make the interface consistent
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
126.

Which of the following is not a design principle that allow the user to maintain control?

A. provide for flexible interaction
B. allow user interaction to be interrupt-able and undo-able
C. show technical internals from the casual user
D. design for direct interaction with objects that appear on the screen
Answer» C. show technical internals from the casual user
127.

Which of the following is not a user interface design process?

A. user, task, and environment analysis and modeling
B. interface design
C. knowledgeable, frequent users
D. interface validation
Answer» C. knowledgeable, frequent users
128.

HyperCard is used to develop a quick

A. system design
B. software
C. mockup
D. quality test
Answer» C. mockup
129.

The total number of stages of reading process of the data from screen is

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» B. 3
130.

Which of the following are principles of icon design?

A. the icon set should be consistent in terms of size, colours, metaphor, and level of realism.
B. design a set of icons as a whole.
C. the icons in a set should be visually balanced
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
131.

What is the principal interaction mode for a Wii system?

A. gesture and body movements
B. haptic (touch) interface
C. exploring and browsing
D. infrared position detection
Answer» A. gesture and body movements
132.

What is true for vertical protoyping?

A. it is a particular kind of working prototype.
B. it provides full interface features.
C. . it is designed to show how much vertical scrolling is acceptable
D. . it provides critical functionality.
Answer» A. it is a particular kind of working prototype.
133.

What kind of activity does the D.E.C.I.D.E. acronym support?

A. planning and conducting an evaluation and analysing the data.
B. conducting user tests.
C. deciding what kind of prototype to use for user tests.
D. deciding whether to perform empirical or analytical evaluations.
Answer» A. planning and conducting an evaluation and analysing the data.
134.

By using capitalized words, the reading speed and accuracy

A. increased
B. improved
C. declined
D. leveled
Answer» C. declined
135.

Impressing moving icons in a system design can be

A. appealing
B. attractive
C. distracting
D. attentive
Answer» C. distracting
136.

The speed of reading text in reading process is measured by using

A. legibility
B. usability
C. quality
D. readability
Answer» A. legibility
137.

The design of a system must be developed

A. integrally with each part of system
B. at the end
C. at the start
D. never
Answer» A. integrally with each part of system
138.

Which is the best definition of an interface metaphor?

A. in broad terms, the kind of technical and software framework within which human system interaction takes place (e.g., wimp, mobile, tangible)
B. is used in the interface to help the user understand what to do (e.g., click on tabs to change window contents, use shopping cart
C. inputs and receive information from the system (e.g., click and drag an object, talk to an object, move self closer to an object, converse with
D. the conceptual model used to guide the design of the interface.
Answer» B. is used in the interface to help the user understand what to do (e.g., click on tabs to change window contents, use shopping cart
139.

To reconstruct a system, which of the following key element(s) must be considered :

A. outputs and inputs
B. control and processors.
C. feedback and environment
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
140.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of good test data

A. should be comprehensive
B. every statement should be executed
C. users do not participate at this preliminary stage
D. all of the above
Answer» C. users do not participate at this preliminary stage
141.

Which of these factors influence a user’s conceptual model?

A. familiarity with similar devices.
B. constraints.
C. instructions.
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
142.

Formative Evaluation:

A. helps improve an interface design
B. involves collecting process data.
C. helps find reasons for things that went wrong
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
143.

Regarding personas:

A. a primary persona needs their own interface
B. . multiple secondary personas are combined into a primary persona.
C. a persona represents an average user.
D. a persona represents the elastic user.
Answer» A. a primary persona needs their own interface
144.

Which of the following is the most likely interface metaphor used by a smart phone calendar function?

A. restaurant menu
B. touchscreen interface
C. a paper diary
D. mobile technology
Answer» C. a paper diary
145.

When desk-checking an algorithm, you should set up a table that contains           .

A. one column for each input item
B. one column for each output item
C. one column for each processing item
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
146.

Factors that effect speed of screen reading can be reduced using

A. brightened displays
B. less words per screen
C. colorful display
D. negative contrast
Answer» D. negative contrast
147.

Which of the following is the estimated amount of time required to complete a task, based on a weighted average of pessimistic, optimistic, and expected duration?

A. minimal duration
B. earliest completion
C. weighted average duration
D. most likely duration
Answer» D. most likely duration
148.

Regarding gear-up accidents:

A. pilots frequently lowered the landing gear instead of the flaps after take-off.
B. lt. alphonse chapanis dicovered the cause of the problem in 1975.
C. the flap control knobs were replaced by beer tap handles.
D. shape-coded wheel and flap controls are still used today.
Answer» D. shape-coded wheel and flap controls are still used today.
149.

Human speed of reading text is higher at

A. tablet screen reading
B. mobile screen reading
C. book reading
D. computer screen reading
Answer» C. book reading
150.

Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of the systems developments projects?

A. failure of systems integration
B. size of the company
C. continuation of a project that should have been cancelled
D. inadequate user involvement
Answer» B. size of the company

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