HCI QUIZ 2 PRACTICE

Question 1

The place where the user attention happens

Answer 1

locus of attention

Question 2

A memory where you do your conscious thinking

Answer 2

working memory

Question 3

True or False
A more learnable interface would have longer gulfs of execution and evaluation.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

It is the perceived and actual properties of a thing that determine how the things could be used.

Answer 4

Affordance

Question 5

Remembering something with no help from the outside world

Answer 5

Recall

Question 6

It is remembering something with the help of a visible cue

Answer 6

Recognition

Question 7

True or False
The rule of the Hick-Hyman Law is to reduce the number of stimuli and get a faster decision-making process

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False
Data entered by the user should be editable by them

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A model that is a combination of iterative development process and sequential linear development model i.e. the waterfall model with a very high emphasis on risk analysis

Answer 9

Spiral

Question 10

True or False
The command should be disabled if it is illegal

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False
Users should not be able to manually override automation

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Consistency in ___________ suggests that controls and information displayed on the screen should be consistent at one page to the other

Answer 12

Layout

Question 13

True or False
You can use many terms throughout your user interface

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or False
You should always right an error message

Answer 14

False

Question 15

True or False
The usability dimensions are not uniformly important for all class of users, or for all applications

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False
The Hick-Hyman Law’s objective is to eliminate the whole process entirely.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

It is the term that describes how well the users can use the system’s functionality.

Answer 17

Usability

Question 18

It is called the Principle of Least Surprise

Answer 18

Consistency

Question 19

True or False
The physical arrangement of controls doesn’t require matching it with the arrangement of the function

Answer 19

False

Question 20

A principle that states that Simplicity is the key for a system to work in the best way

Answer 20

Keep It Short and Simple (K.I.S.S.)