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401.

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.
402.

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
403.

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

A. explicitly
B. implicitly
C. habitually
D. properly
Answer» A. explicitly
404.

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

A. action
B. evaluation
C. execution
D. none of these
Answer» B. evaluation
405.

Which of the following instances illustrates ‘cognitive walkthrough’?

A. talk to the users about their needs
B. consult the experts
C. imagine yourself as the user and think from their perspective
D. none of the above
Answer» C. imagine yourself as the user and think from their perspective
406.

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

A. audio recording.
B. taking notes.
C. observation
D. video
Answer» B. taking notes.
407.

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

A. quantitative
B. qualitative
C. sme
D. none of these
Answer» B. qualitative
408.

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.
409.

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. expected output from the module\s execution should be determined manually
Answer» C. users do not participate at this preliminary stage
410.

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
411.

Which of the following fields is not an influence on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)?

A. ergonomics
B. cognitive psychology
C. computer science
D. all of the above are an influence on hci
Answer» D. all of the above are an influence on hci
412.

A pluralistic walkthrough?

A. requires a fully functional prototype
B. is usually conducted at the end of the development process
C. is often conducted with low-fidelity designs
D. requires having several alternate designs
Answer» C. is often conducted with low-fidelity designs
413.

Which of the following is general term for the technology capable of creating a virtual world with

A. vr
B. ir
C. ar
D. or
Answer» A. vr
414.

What is the best description of a conceptual model?

A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates
B. interaction paradigms and interaction modes
D. the problem space faced by the designer when gathering user requirements
Answer» A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates
415.

Where would a card-based prototype best fit in the design process?

A. after conceptual design, before scenario design
B. after scenario design, before storyboarding.
C. after storyboarding, before low-level prototyping.
D. after low-level prototyping, before high-level prototyping.
Answer» C. after storyboarding, before low-level prototyping.
416.

A task of developing a technical blueprint and specifications for a solution that fulfills the business requirements is undertaken in the following phase of the system development process

A. system initiation
B. system implementation
C. system analysis
D. system design
Answer» D. system design
417.

You are running a user test session and your participant wants to leave half way through the session. What do you do?

A. ask them to stay until the end as planned, so you can collect your data.
B. after ensuring they do not need medical help, let them leave, with your thanks.
C. offer them an incentive payment to encourage them to finish the
D. none of the above.
Answer» B. after ensuring they do not need medical help, let them leave, with your thanks.
418.

What interaction paradigm did the Xerox Star use?

A. conversation
B. knowledge of a physical desktop
C. embedded computing
D. windows, icons, mouse, and pointer (wimp).
Answer» D. windows, icons, mouse, and pointer (wimp).
419.

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

A. persona
B. scenario
C. dialogue
D. design model
Answer» B. scenario
420.

Browser Title always contains the word ‘_            ’.

A. home
B. default
C. error
D. browser
Answer» A. home
421.

               and _                 are the same things

A. excise and navigation
B. excise and testing
C. excise and evaluation
D. all of above
Answer» A. excise and navigation
422.

Which of the following does not belong to 9 heuristics?

A. provide clearly marked exits
B. easy to use
C. minimize user memory load
D. speak user language
Answer» B. easy to use
423.

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

A. program crash
B. system stuck
C. error messages
D. metadata
Answer» C. error messages
424.

The test materials for a usability test should include:

A. oriental script
B. data connection form
C. debriefing topic guide
D. personality questionnaire
Answer» C. debriefing topic guide
425.

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

A. sovereign
B. transient
C. auxiliary
D. daemonic
Answer» A. sovereign
426.

Which of the following fields is not an influence on Human Computer Interaction (HCI)?

A. ergonomics
B. cognitive psychology
C. computer science
D. all of the above are an influence on hci
Answer» D. all of the above are an influence on hci
427.

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

A. human
B. computer
C. human computer interaction
D. none of these
Answer» C. human computer interaction
428.

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

A. incremental
B. linear
C. iterative
D. analytical
Answer» B. linear
429.

When users are involved in complex tasks, the demand on                      can be significant.

A. short-term memory
B. shortcuts
C. objects that appear on the screen
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» A. short-term memory
430.

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
431.

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
432.

Evaluation done during design to check that product continues to meet users'needs are known as _                   evaluation

A. summative
B. formative
C. relative
D. qualitative
Answer» B. formative
433.

The design of a keyboard layout reflects the _                   concern in HCI

A. cognitive
B. physical
C. usefulness
D. usability
Answer» B. physical
434.

Define life cycle model in HCI.

A. spiral, usability engineering
B. star, usability engineering
C. usability engineering, iterative design
D. star, iterative design
Answer» B. star, usability engineering
435.

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
436.

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
437.

                          is the least technical way of collecting data, but it can be difficult and tiring to

A. audio recording.
B. taking notes.
C. observation
D. video
Answer» B. taking notes.
438.

               is particularly useful early in design. It is excellent technique to use with the prototy

A. co-discovery
B. active intervention
C. splendid research
D. none of the given
Answer» B. active intervention
439.

Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet user’s needs are kno

A. formative
B. summative
C. relative
D. none of the given
Answer» A. formative
440.

Desktop applications fit into                            categories of posture.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» C. four
441.

Goal-oriented context scenarios are _                         task-oriented than key path Scenario

A. less
B. alike
C. more
D. none of the given
Answer» A. less
442.

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
443.

There can only be one _                 persona per interface for a product

A. primary
B. secondary
C. supplemental
D. customer
Answer» A. primary
444.

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

A. goal-oriented question.
B. system-oriented question.
C. workflow-oriented question.
D. attitude-oriented question.
Answer» B. system-oriented question.
445.

Concerning competitive analysis:

A. . two groups of usability testers compare their results for the same interface.
B. it is used for usability benchmarking.
C. it is an online between- groups experiment
D. represents a particular type of user.
Answer» B. it is used for usability benchmarking.
446.

Thinking aloud testing:

A. slows down the user by about 17%
B. cannot provide performance data.
C. is a formative evaluation method.
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
447.

User personas that are not primary or secondary are            personas.

A. served
B. supplemental
C. customer
D. negative
Answer» B. supplemental
448.

& are the main functions of GUI.

A. pointing & selecting
B. selecting & executing
C. pointing & editing
D. none of these
Answer» A. pointing & selecting
449.

A pluralistic walkthrough?

A. requires a fully functional prototype
B. is usually conducted at the end of the development process
C. is often conducted with low-fidelity designs
D. requires having several alternate designs
Answer» C. is often conducted with low-fidelity designs
450.

What is the best description of a conceptual model?

A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates
B. interaction paradigms and interaction modes
C. the problem space faced by the designer when gathering user requirements
D. none of the above.
Answer» A. a high level description of how a system is organised and how it operates
451.

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

A. persona
B. scenario
C. dialogue
D. design model
Answer» B. scenario
452.

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

A. single undo
B. multiple undo
C. blind undo
D. incremental undo
Answer» C. blind undo
453.

Browser Title always contains the word ‘ ’.

A. home
B. default
C. error
D. browser
Answer» A. home
454.

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

A. program crash
B. system stuck
C. error messages
D. metadata
Answer» C. error messages
455.

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

A. attitude
B. feedback
C. interaction design visual analysis
Answer» B. feedback
456.

Evaluation done during design to check that product continues to meet users'needs are known as                       evaluation

A. summative
B. formative
C. relative the idea that users earn by exploring an interface text should be legible and distinguishable from its background under different lighting conditions
D. qualitative
Answer» B. formative
457.

The field of HCI                      

A. is a brunch of computer engineering
B. involves very little applied knowledge
C. focuses on the study of human behavior on the basis of pschology
D. attempts to understand and shape the way people interact with computers
Answer» D. attempts to understand and shape the way people interact with computers
458.

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
459.

What is the most important property that a prototype should have?

A. it should support a wide range of user tests.
B. it should look like the final product.
C. it should allow the key design concepts to be tested with users.
D. it should be easy to throw away.
Answer» C. it should allow the key design concepts to be tested with users.
460.

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.
461.

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.
462.

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. an idea from the world that 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 to store items to purchase)
C. what the human does to make 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 an entity, etc)
D. the conceptual model used to guide the design of the interface.
Answer» B. an idea from the world that 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 to store items to purchase)
463.

Rolf Molich’s Comparative Usability Evaluation (CUE) studies:

A. show there is a large amount of overlap between findings from different teams.
B. show many teams found more problems than they chose to report.
C. use the common industry format (cif) for usability reports.
D. show that usability testing finds all known problems.
Answer» B. show many teams found more problems than they chose to report.
464.

Select the best way of analysing qualitative user comments collected during a user tset

A. classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category
B. find the average and the standard deviation of the data and report it in the body of the report
C. use a scatterplot to graph users on the x axis and comments on the y axis.
D. look for critical incidents to report.
Answer» A. classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category
465.

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

A. audio recording.
B. taking notes.
C. observation
D. video
Answer» B. taking notes.
466.

is particularly useful early in design. It is excellent technique to use with the prototype, because it provid

A. co-discovery
B. active intervention
C. splendid research
D. none of the given
Answer» B. active intervention
467.

Desktop applications fit into                             categories of posture. Goal-oriented context scenarios are task-oriented than key path Scenario

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» C. four
468.

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 .

A. primary secondary supplemental customer goal-oriented question. system-oriented questiworkflow-oriented quesattitude-oriented question.
Answer» A. primary secondary supplemental customer goal-oriented question. system-oriented questiworkflow-oriented quesattitude-oriented question.
469.

Concerning competitive analysis:

A. . two groups of usability testers compare their results for the same interface.
B. it is used for usability benchmarking.
C. it is an online between- groups experiment
D. represents a particular type of user.
Answer» B. it is used for usability benchmarking.
470.

Cognitive Walkthrough:

A. is a summative evaluation method.
B. is performed by a single evaluator, who walks through a typical task.
C. focuses explicitly on learnability.
D. not with action sequence
Answer» C. focuses explicitly on learnability.
471.

When conducting an investigation with human participants for research or commercial reasons, which provision(s) for consent must be made?

A. approval of the research by a properly constituted ethics committee independent of the researchers.
B. participants informed they do not have to take part if they do not want to
C. participants fully informed of their right to withdraw from the investigation without consequences to them
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
472.

Select the best way of analysing qualitative user comments collected during a user tset

A. classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category
B. find the average and the standard deviation of the data and report it in the body of the report
C. use a scatterplot to graph users on the x axis and comments on the y axis.
D. look for critical incidents to report.
Answer» A. classify the comments into categories and count number of comments in each category
473.

Rolf Molich’s Comparative Usability Evaluation (CUE) studies:

A. show there is a large amount of overlap between findings from different teams.
B. show that usability testing finds all known problems.
C. show many teams found more problems than they chose to report.
D. use the common industry format (cif) for usability reports.
Answer» C. show many teams found more problems than they chose to report.
474.

Which of the following options best represents the core values of user-centred design, as originally articulated by Gould & Lewis (1985)?

A. focusing on users and their tasks in the design process
B. measuring progress towards usability goals throughout development
C. developing and testing in several cycles
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
475.

User personas that are not primary or secondary are personas.

A. served
B. supplemental
C. customer
D. negative
Answer» B. supplemental
476.

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

A. tactile feedback should make the same kinds of distinctions that a person would feel in the world
B. interface with more information than is needed at the present moment for the user
C. text should be legible and distinguishable from its background under different lighting
D. sounds should be audible and distinguishable in the user
Answer» B. interface with more information than is needed at the present moment for the user
477.

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
478.

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
479.

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

A. rvm model
B. decide framework
C. usability testing
D. field study
Answer» B. decide framework
480.

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

A. perception and recognition
B. attention
C. learning
D. none of these
Answer» B. attention
481.

What was an important feature of the process by which the Mobiphos photograph sharing application (Patel et al., 2009) was evaluated?

A. agile programming methods were interlaces with iterative user testing.
B. four different data gathering techniques were used.
C. participatory design was used.
D. vibrations indicated the arrival of new photos in the application.
Answer» B. four different data gathering techniques were used.
482.

What is an affinity diagram?

A. a diagram showing the degree of connection between people in social networks
B. a diagram used to show people\s cultural affinities or sense of belonging to groups.
C. a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes
D. a variant of a tag cloud that is generated from think- aloud protocols.
Answer» C. a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes
483.

"Using model of how a human would use a proposed system to obtain predict usability measure by calculation or
simulation."
Choose the evaluation technique to describe the above statement
Which problem that might occur in a group-experimental studies
i. Analysis
ii. Subject group
iii. Data assembly
iv. Choice of task

A. heuristic evaluation i, ii and iii
B. cognitive walkthrough
C. model-based evaluation
D. review-based evaluation
Answer» C. model-based evaluation
484.

What is an affinity diagram?

A. a diagram showing the degree of connection between people in social networks
B. a diagram used to show people\s cultural affinities or sense of belonging to groups.
C. a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes
D. a variant of a tag cloud that is generated from think- aloud protocols.
Answer» C. a diagram that organises individual ideas and insights into a hierarchy showing themes
485.

Which is the best definition of an interaction mode?

A. in broad terms, the kind of technical and software framework within which human system interaction takes place (e.g., wimp, mobile, tangible)
B. an idea from the world that 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 to store items to purchase)
C. what the human does to make 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 an entity, etc)
D. the conceptual model used to guide the design of the interface.
Answer» C. what the human does to make 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 an entity, etc)
486.

Regarding the measurement of usability attributes:

A. reliability is measured by performing common use cases
B. errors are measured by counting minor and catastrophic errors made by users.
C. learnability is determined by measuring the time it takes to explain an interface to a new user
D. users are needed to measure efficiency
Answer» B. errors are measured by counting minor and catastrophic errors made by users.
487.

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

A. co-discovery
B. active intervention
C. splendid research
D. none of the given
Answer» B. active intervention
488.

Regarding paper prototypes:

A. low-fidelity paper prototypes are hand- drawn sketches and designed to be thrown away
B. high-fidelity paper prototypes look too much like a finished design.
C. high-fidelity paper prototypes are designed on- screen and then printed out in colour.
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
489.

Regarding constraints:

A. they are based on the idea that the difficulty of dealing with a novel situation is related to the number of possibilities.
B. they can be divided into physical, semantic, political, and logical constraints.
C. the trash can was used to eject a diskette.
D. they describe the range of possible actions
Answer» A. they are based on the idea that the difficulty of dealing with a novel situation is related to the number of possibilities.
490.

Evaluation done during design to check that product continues to meet users'needs are known as                       evaluation

A. summative
B. formative
C. relative qualitative
Answer» B. formative
491.

Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet user’s needs are known as The primary interactive method of communication used by human is …….

A. formative summative relative none of the given
Answer» A. formative summative relative none of the given
492.

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

A. quantitative
B. qualitative
C. sme
D. none of these
Answer» B. qualitative
493.

What does HCI stand for?

A. human computer interface
B. human computer interaction
C. human computer industry
D. human computer implementation
Answer» B. human computer interaction
494.

The Amount of light emitted by an object is called                          

A. luminance
B. intensity
C. hue
D. saturation
Answer» A. luminance
495.

Which of the following keyboard is biased towards right-handed people?

A. qwerty
B. dovark
C. alphabetical
D. t9
Answer» B. dovark
496.

Identify the prime Effector from the following.

A. fingers
B. vision
C. vocal
D. head
Answer» A. fingers
497.

The light sensitive portion of the Eye is                  

A. iris
B. fovea
C. retina
D. cornea
Answer» C. retina
498.

An area of expertise and knowledge in some real-world activity is called                        

A. domain
B. task
C. experience
D. goal
Answer» A. domain
499.

is affected by both the size of the object and its distance from the eye

A. depth
B. visual angle
C. perception
D. all of the above
Answer» B. visual angle
500.

Jerky movements made by the eye during reading are called

A. fixations
B. reading
C. saccades
D. scanning
Answer» C. saccades
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