HCIQUIZ

Question 1

True or False. The human is the one whom computer systems are designed to assist.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

There are five major senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Which among the five major senses are the most important to HCI. Check all the apply.

Answer 2

Sight

Hearing

Touch

Question 3

Part of the eye responsible for color vision

Answer 3

CONE

Question 4

TRUE or FALSE.A low frequency produces a high pitch, a high frequency, a low pitch.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Stimulus received via receptors in the skin for heat and cold

Answer 5

thermoreceptors

Question 6

The process of finding solution to unfamiliar task using knowledge

Answer 6

Problem Solving

Question 7

It act as a “scratch-pad” for temporary recall

Answer 7

Short Term Memory

Question 8

Repository for all our knowledge

Answer 8

Long term memory

Question 9

A long term memory that is astructured memory offacts, concepts, skills

Answer 9

semantic

Question 10

True or False. Abductive reasong are often unreliable because it can lead to false explanation

Answer 10

True

Question 11

is when information is lost gradually but very slowly

Answer 11

decay

Question 12

Information reproduced from memory can be assisted by cues. (categories, imagery)

Answer 12

Recall

Question 13

It is structured in some way to allow access to information, representation of relationships between pieces of information, and inference

Answer 13

Semantic Memory

Question 14

What are Long Term Memory Models. Choose 3.

Answer 14

Semantic Network

Frames

Production rules

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Visual Angle

Question 16

True or False.The auditory system performs some filtering of the sounds received, allowing us to ignore background noise and concentrate on important information.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False.The Maltron Left-handed keyboard is not designed to reduce fatigue for Repetitive Strain Injury.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True or False.Designers tend to assume fast processors, and make interfaces more and more complicated.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

It converts bitmap back into text.

Answer 19

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE.Direct view storage tube (DVST) are used in analogue storage oscilloscopes

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The simpler version of SGML for web applications

Answer 21

XML

Question 22

It uses lasers to read and sometimes write, and it is more robust than magnetic disk

Answer 22

Optical Disks

Question 23

It use dictionary to ‘guess’ the right word.

Answer 23

T9 predictive entry

Question 24

A type of scanner, the paper is placed on a glass plate and the whole page converted into bitmap.

Answer 24

Flat-bed scanner

Question 25

A type of printer that use inked ribbon (like a typewriter)

Answer 25

Dot-matrix printer

Question 26

Type of memory that is usually volatile; its contents are lost when the power is turned off.

Answer 26

RAM

Question 27

A pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes.

Answer 27

Trackball

Question 28

It softens the edges of line segments, blurring the discontinuity and making the jaggies less obvious.

Answer 28

ANTI-ALIASING

Question 29

Used in desktop publishing for incorporating photographs and other images.

Answer 29

Scanner

Question 30

Diagonal lines that have discontinuities in due to horizontal raster scan process.

Answer 30

JAGGIES

Question 31

It composed of vast number of colored or pixels in a rectangular grid.

Answer 31

SCREEN

Question 32

It can be used to reduce the amount of storage required for text, bitmaps and video.

Answer 32

COMPRESSION

Question 33

It is the most common text input device

Answer 33

KEYBOARD

Question 34

These are screen/monitor that are smaller, lighter, and no radiation problems.

Answer 34

LCD

Question 35

True or False. The interface designer does not need to be aware of the properties of the devices with which a system is built.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

True or False. Electrostatic field leaks out through tube to user.  Intensity dependant on distance and humidity and can cause rashes.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

It involves at least two participants, the user and the system

Answer 37

INTERACTION

Question 38

It defines the area of work under study.

Answer 38

domain

Question 39

True or False. Goal is what you want to achieved or the desired output from a performed task.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

These are operations or actions that you performed to achieve your goal.

Answer 40

TASK

Question 41

What are the two major phases of interactive cycle?

Answer 41

EXECUTION AND EVALUATION

Question 42

The study of the physical characteristics of interaction

Answer 42

Ergonomics

Question 43

True or False. Menus are set of options displayed on the screen.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

The way of expressing instructions to the computer directly.

Answer 44

Command Line Interface

Question 45

True or False. The first spreadsheet is Lotus 1-2-3 followed by VISICALC.

Answer 45

False

Question 46

A sophisticated variation of form-filling, it has grid of cells contain a value or a formula

Answer 46

SPREADSHEET

Question 47

Default style for majority of interactive computer systems, especially PCs and desktop machines

Answer 47

WIMP Interface

Question 48

It is used in multimedia, web browsers, hypertext and has minimal typing.

Answer 48

POINT AND CLICK INTERFACES

Question 49

The area of the screen that behave as if they were independent, it can contain text or graphics.

Answer 49

WINDOWS

Question 50

True or False. Slip is if you don’t know the system well and you may not even formulate the right goal.

Answer 50

False

Question 51

It allows the user to move the contents of the window up and down or from side to side.

Answer 51

Scrollbars

Question 52

True or False. Icons are small picture or image that represents some object in the interface.

Answer 52

True

Question 53

These are key combinations from the keyboard that has same effect as menu item.

Answer 53

KEYBOARD ACCELERATORS

Question 54

True or False. The physical design must look good (aesthetic) but it not cost too much (economic)

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Information windows that pop up to inform an important event or request information.

Answer 55

DIALOGUE BOXES