Final review (see advanced topics for rest of info)

Question 1

Define: UX measure

Answer 1

A user experience characteristic to be measured with regard to using an interaction design of interest

Question 2

Define: Benchmark task

Answer 2

A description of a task performed by a participant so that UX measures can be obtained and compared to a baseline value

Question 3

Define: Quantitative

Answer 3

Numeric data regarding the user experience

Question 4

Example of quantitative

Answer 4

Number of errors made by a user during a benchmark task

Question 5

Pro of quantitative

Answer 5

Easy to process and analzye

Question 6

Con of quantitative

Answer 6

Provides limited information

Question 7

Define: Qualitative

Answer 7

Non-numeric, descriptive data describing the user experience

Question 8

Example of qualitative

Answer 8

A user’s verbal recount of thoughts and actions taken during a benchmark task

Question 9

Pro of qualitative

Answer 9

Provides rich information

Question 10

Con of qualitative

Answer 10

Difficult to process and analyze

Question 11

Define: Objective

Answer 11

Data observed directly by an evaluator or an observer

Question 12

Example of objective

Answer 12

Number of errors made by a user during a task

Question 13

Pro of objective

Answer 13

Does not vary among observers

Question 14

Con of objective

Answer 14

Does not provide insight to the user’s opinion

Question 15

Define: Subjective

Answer 15

Data that represents an opinion, judgment, or other personally based feedback

Question 16

Example of subjective

Answer 16

A user’s satisfaction rating for a user interface

Question 17

Pro of subjective

Answer 17

Provides insight to the user’s opinion

Question 18

Con of subjective

Answer 18

Varies from person to person

Question 19

List objective UX measures

Answer 19

Initial performance

Long-term performance

Learnability

Retainability

Advanced feature usage

Question 20

List subjective UX measures

Answer 20

First impression

Long-term user satisfaction

Question 21

List aspects to UX evaluation

Answer 21

Formative vs summative

Formal vs informal

Rapid vs rigorous

Analytic vs empirical

Question 22

Three broad capabilities of the human

Answer 22

Perception

Cognition

Motor skills

Question 23

Define: Perception

Answer 23

Receiving sensory stimuli from the environment

Question 24

Define: Cognition

Answer 24

Processing stimuli and memories to understand the environment

Question 25

Define: Motor skills

Answer 25

Physically executing actions selected by cognition

Question 26

List traditional senses

Answer 26

Sight Hearing Touch Smell Tasee

Question 27

List other non-traditional senses

Answer 27

Vestibular Proprioception Thermoception Chronoception

Question 28

Define: Vestibular

Answer 28

Sense of balance and inertia

Question 29

Define: Proprioception

Answer 29

Sense of the relative positions of the parts of the body

Question 30

Define: Thermoception

Answer 30

Sense of temperature

Question 31

Define: Chronoception

Answer 31

Sense of time

Question 32

What are the ways the human perception is biased?

Answer 32

Past and our experiences Present and the current context Future and our goals

Question 33

Define: Gestalt principles

Answer 33

Visual phenomena optimized to see structure

Question 34

Examples of gestalt principle

Answer 34

Whole shapes Figures Objects

Question 35

How is vision optimized?

Answer 35

For contrast

Question 36

Where do you have high resolution for vision?

Answer 36

Fovea (center)

Question 37

Where do you have low resolution for vision?

Answer 37

Periphery

Question 38

List the depth queues

Answer 38

Pictorial Oculomotor Motion Parallax Stereopsis

Question 39

What are pictorial queues?

Answer 39

Based on static images

Question 40

What are oculomotor queues?

Answer 40

Derived from muscular tension in the eyes

Question 41

What is motion parallax?

Answer 41

When objects appear to move relative to the viewer

Question 42

What is stereopsis?

Answer 42

Caused by binocular disparity

Question 43

What are the four aspects of cognition?

Answer 43

Memory Attention Recognition and recall Learning

Question 44

What is short-term memory?

Answer 44

Responsible for retaining information for intervals from a fraction of a second to a few minutes

Question 45

What is long-term memory?

Answer 45

Responsible for retaining information over long periods of time

Question 46

What are the types of memories?

Answer 46

Semantic Episodic Procedural

Question 47

What is semantic memory?

Answer 47

Memory regarding facts and relationships

Question 48

What is episodic memory?

Answer 48

Memory records of past events

Question 49

What is procedural memory?

Answer 49

Memory of action sequences

Question 50

What is working memory?

Answer 50

Our current attention and prior knowledge

Question 51

When is leaning faster?

Answer 51

Practice is frequent, regular, and precise Operation is task focused, simple and consistent Vocabulary is task focused, familiar, and consistent

Question 52

Define: Fitts' Law

Answer 52

Pointing time depends on distance and width of the target

Question 53

Define: Steering Law

Answer 53

Pointing time depends on distance and width of the path

Question 54

What are the categories of design guidelines?

Answer 54

Eight golden rules Providing indications Organizing the user interface Displaying information Directing attention

Question 55

What are the eight golden rules?

Answer 55

Consistency Universal usability Informative feedback Dialogs to yield closure Prevent errors Easy reversal of actions Internal locus of control Reduce short-term memory load

Question 56

What are the types of indications?

Answer 56

Modes Reverse actions Irrelevant actions Shortcuts Requirements Beginning tasks User progress System progress Task completion Exits

Question 57

What are the goals of organizing the interface?

Answer 57

Capitalize on patterns Group similar elements Reduce memory load Provide multiple views Provide flexibility

Question 58

List the information concerns

Answer 58

Consistency Formatting Colors Legibility Understandability Compatibility Overload

Question 59

What are the methods of directing attention?

Answer 59

Intensity Marking Size Font Color Blinking Audio

Question 60

What are the uses of AR and VR?

Answer 60

Training Education Rehabilitation Therapy Research Entertainment Design Visualization

Question 61

Define: Interaction fidelity

Answer 61

Objective degree of exactness with which real-world interactions can be reproduced in an interactive system

Question 62

How is interaction fidelity commonly thought of?

Answer 62

Continuum

Question 63

What are three broad aspects of interaction fidelity factors?

Answer 63

Biomechanical symmetry Control symmetry System appropriateness

Question 64

What are interaction fidelity factors based on?

Answer 64

Framework for interaction fidelity analysis (FIFA)

Question 65

Define: Biomechanical symmetry

Answer 65

Objective degree of exactness with which real-world body movements for a task are reproduced through interaction to successfully complete the task in a virtual environment

Question 66

What are the three components of biomechanical symmetry?

Answer 66

Kinematic symmetry Kinetic symmetry Anthropometric symmetry

Question 67

Define: Control symmetry

Answer 67

Objective degree of exactness with which control in a real-world task is provided through interaction in a virtual environment

Question 68

What are the three components of control symmetry?

Answer 68

Dimensional symmetry Transfer function symmetry Termination symmetry

Question 69

Define: System appropriateness

Answer 69

How suitable the system is for implementing a particular interaction in a virtual environment

Question 70

What are the four components of system appropriateness?

Answer 70

Input accuracy Input precision Latency Form factor