Interactive Systems (H)
1. Which of the following describes external consistency?
Aspects of an interface that are similar to other interfaces
The outwardly visible parts of a layout that a visible to the user
Architecture of an interface that is not visible to the user
Rules about consistency that are mandated by third parties
2. Which of the following is not a technique for developing contrast in a colour scheme?
Warm-Cool Contrast
Complementary Contrast
None of the above
Saturated Contrast
3. The shift from electrical interactions to symbolic interactions:
Required less natural forms of expressions
Used interactions more easily recognisable by humans
Required a greater understanding of machine construction
Required machines to change the way they function to suit human needs
4. In the context of two dimensional interactions, Pattern Recognition and Spatial Reasoning refers to:
the availability to use visual metaphors
the ability of the user to attend only to specific features
the density of information that can be shown to a user
ways that information is conveyed using familiar metaphors
5. Fixations and saccades describe aspects of:
Vision
Haptics
Memory
Hearing
6. Two categories of skilled behaviour relevant for HCI are:
Attention Skills and Distraction Skills
Natural Skills and Developed Skills
Sensory Motor Skills and Mental Skills
Soft Skills and Hard Skills
7. Which of the following is not a band of the scale of human action?
Temporal Band
Biological Band
Social Band
Cognitive Band
8. When discussing affordances, physical constraints depend on:
None of the above
Only visible constraints
Physical strength and skill
Knowledge of the real world
9. Semantic constraints rely on:
none of the above
developing new knowledge
existing cultural knowledge
developing new tactile skills
10. Rationalism describes an approach that believes:
good design cannot be predicted
experimental work is necessary in design
design can be completed with thought alone
design requires creativity
11. Which of the following was not a major design flaw with JCL?
The syntax was too similar to others like S/360 Assembler
The language used assembler style syntax
Elegant design did not accurately reflect complexity of use
Missing functionality required complex workarounds in parameters
12. Buxton’s model for graphical input includes how many states?
4
5
3
2
13. Fitts Law can be used to measure:
User satisfaction with pointing tasks
Perceived workload of pointing tasks
Error rates with pointing tasks
Difficultly of pointing tasks
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