CS408 Final Term Past Paper Spring 2006

CS408 · Final Term Examination – Spring 2006 · Time Allowed: 150 Minutes

em. Developing questions and planning an interview is an art. What Guidelines/ Golden

ules you have to develop an Interview i-e Structured and Unstructured Interviews.

e use Mouse, Icons, Scroll Bars, Keyboard usually. Evaluate these using the Principle

f Affordance. Your answer must contain explanation about each Items stated here.

ents common actions are linked to similar ctions in the real world. For Example, moving a File is achieved by selecting and

Marks : 1

e the hypothesis to be supported or

efuted by your study and how you would decide between a within-groups or between-

) Choose an appropriate evaluation method for each of the following situations. In each

case identify

Q1. Marks : 1

The way of finding out what users do, what they want to do like, or don't like is to ask

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Q2. Marks : 3

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Q3. Marks : 3

The typical Computer Screen has a WIMP Setup. Most Common WIMP arrangem work on the basis of a Desktop metaphor, in

which · a · dragging it into a relevant folder or filing

Cabinet. G ive Two Examples with explanation of the actions with their Real world Equivalents.

Q4. In defining an experimental study,

describe · (a) How you as an experimenter would · formulat · r · groups experimental design with your · subjects · (b

(i) The participants. (ii) The technique used. (iii) Representative tasks to be examined. (iv) Measurements that would be appropriate. (v) An outline plan for carrying out the evaluation.

(a) · adsheet package and you wish to · nt exam fferent designs prior to plementation or · prototyping · uestion No. 5 · Marks : 1 · s overcome several problems · tha · gue the development of digital

products.

3.

Prototype · uestion No. 6 · Marks : 1 · The · e intentions and allowable actions is · the : · tion

3.

None of

these

is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the

ran · o · lable · e

3.

None of · these · uestion No. 8 · Marks : 1 · The · ce · Comfort

and Goals.

uestion No. 9 · Marks : 1 · here and how you conduct a usability test, every · usa · 3. Seven Characteristics · You are at an early stage in the design of a · spre · test what type of icons will be easiest to

learn.

(b) You have been asked to develop a system to store and manage

stude · results and would like to test two · di · im · Q · _________ is a powerful, multipurpose design tool that · helpt currently pla

1.

Scenario

2.

Persona · Q · difference between · th

1.

Gulf of Execution

2.

Gulf of Evalua

Q7. Marks : 1

Attention

ge f:

1.

Possibilities

avai

2.

Time Availabl · Q · goals of HCI are :

1.

Usability and User Experien

2.

Learn ability and

3.

Tasks · Q · While there can be wide variations in · w bility test shares : · 1. Three Characteristics · 2. Five Characteristics

Q10. Marks : 3

Read the following Case Study and then answer the given questions:

Designing value

used is all about designing value - if users don't get value from it why should they use it!

The problem

I

we already had: worked exercises, etc. However, we wanted something a little extra.

First ideas

ight hout the book, but on its own wouldn't add value for those who already had the book.

lue if you owned the book, but wouldn’t be very useful for people who haven't bought it.

Marks : 3

Read the following Case Study and then answer the given questions:

Designing value

used is all about designing value - if users don't get value from it why should they use it!

The problem

I

we already had: worked exercises, etc. However, we wanted something a little extra.

First ideas

ight hout the book, but on its own wouldn't add value for those who already had the book.

lue if you owned the book, but wouldn’t be very useful for people who haven't bought it. Getting any product Getting any product

When the HCI Team of HCI Book by Alan Dix, producing the second edition of our HC book we wanted to create a supporting web site and trying to decide what to put there. Clearly we could put all the teaching materials When the HCI Team of HCI Book by Alan Dix, producing the second edition of our HC book we wanted to create a supporting web site and trying to decide what to put there. Clearly we could put all the teaching materials

One option was to put the full electronic text online. However at that time publishers were a little wary of making electronic text available. Also having the electronic text online m give value to those wit One option was to put the full electronic text online. However at that time publishers were a little wary of making electronic text available. Also having the electronic text online m give value to those wit

This made us consider the advantages of an electronic copy over a paper copy. One advantage of electronic copy is that it is possible to search it. So this lead to another idea, to have the electronic copy on the server, but not actually readable. The site could then have a search facility that told you what page to look on for any words. This would have va This made us consider the advantages of an electronic copy over a paper copy. One advantage of electronic copy is that it is possible to search it. So this lead to another idea, to have the electronic copy on the server, but not actually readable. The site could then have a search facility that told you what page to look on for any words. This would have va

N.B. note that searching for keywords in a book is not the same as using an index. First and index has to be quite selective - otherwise it would be as big as the whole book! . So, it may be that the terms you want to look for have not been included in the index. How ever, index terms are chosen carefully and may refer to parts of the books that don't mention the exact words exactly, but may be references to the ideas or concepts, So the index may give information that a keyword search misses. That i s the index and keyword searches are complementary methods.

The chosen solution

enter keywords to be searched for as you would with a web search engine (see figure 1). The actual search works as follows. You