Interactive Systems (H)
1. Which of the following describes external consistency?
Architecture of an interface that is not visible to the user
Rules about consistency that are mandated by third parties
The outwardly visible parts of a layout that a visible to the user
Aspects of an interface that are similar to other interfaces
2. Which of the following is not a technique for developing contrast in a colour scheme?
Complementary Contrast
Warm-Cool Contrast
Saturated Contrast
None of the above
3. The shift from electrical interactions to symbolic interactions:
Required less natural forms of expressions
Required a greater understanding of machine construction
Required machines to change the way they function to suit human needs
Used interactions more easily recognisable by humans
4. In the context of two dimensional interactions, Pattern Recognition and Spatial Reasoning refers to:
ways that information is conveyed using familiar metaphors
the availability to use visual metaphors
the ability of the user to attend only to specific features
the density of information that can be shown to a user
5. Fixations and saccades describe aspects of:
Memory
Hearing
Vision
Haptics
6. Two categories of skilled behaviour relevant for HCI are:
Attention Skills and Distraction Skills
Soft Skills and Hard Skills
Natural Skills and Developed Skills
Sensory Motor Skills and Mental Skills
7. Which of the following is not a band of the scale of human action?
Biological Band
Social Band
Cognitive Band
Temporal Band
8. When discussing affordances, physical constraints depend on:
Physical strength and skill
Knowledge of the real world
Only visible constraints
None of the above
9. Semantic constraints rely on:
existing cultural knowledge
developing new tactile skills
developing new knowledge
none of the above
10. Rationalism describes an approach that believes:
design can be completed with thought alone
experimental work is necessary in design
good design cannot be predicted
design requires creativity
11. Which of the following was not a major design flaw with JCL?
The language used assembler style syntax
The syntax was too similar to others like S/360 Assembler
Missing functionality required complex workarounds in parameters
Elegant design did not accurately reflect complexity of use
12. Buxton’s model for graphical input includes how many states?
3
2
4
5
13. Fitts Law can be used to measure:
Difficultly of pointing tasks
Perceived workload of pointing tasks
Error rates with pointing tasks
User satisfaction with pointing tasks
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