CS408 Final Term Past Paper 1

FINALTERM EXAMINATION

FALL 2006 CS408 - HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION (Session -1) Marks: 70

Time: 120min

Student Name: ______________________________

Center Name/Code: ______________________________

Exam Date: Friday, February 16, 2007

Q2. Do not ask any question about the contents of this examination from anyone.

1. If you believe that some essential piece of information is

missing, make an appropriate assumption and use it to solve the problem.

Question Marks Total You are familiar with Internet Explorer. Explain any five usability goals in terms of Internet Explorer. Justify each goal with one example. Differentiate between the followings.

(a) Life goals and customer goals. (Max 200 words)

(b) Reliability and validity in evaluation. (Max 200 words)

(c) Cognitive walkthroughs and pluralistic walkthroughs. (Max 200 words)

(a) What are the benefits of evaluation? (6 marks)

(b) Perform trunk test on the following webpage. (9 marks)

(a) How can signposts help in improving navigation? (5 marks)

(b) Consider the given website and write any five usability issues concerning the interface. (10 marks)

(Note: issues mean drawbacks or weaknesses)

WYSIWYG stands for ____________.

1. Where you see is where you get
2. What you see is what you get
3. When you see it when you get

____________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound.

1. Pitch
2. Loudness
3. Timber

Persona is not context specific, so it can be reused easily.

1. True