M3 - M4: The Human, Computer, and Task

True

It is the first job of any HCI researcher or practitioner to know his/her user.

ii

John is now taking his Java subject as a second year computer science student

false

Changing your focus from one point to another creates movement. This movement is called scanpath.

Total time hypothesis

This denotes that the amount learned by an individual is proportional to the amount of time spent.

Problem-space theory

Solving a problem base on the concept of probability is an example of \___________.

Microphone

This device allows you to input sound into the computer.

false

Observation is where the user communicates the task in the input language.

observation

When your phone is on standby mode and suddenly the phone display lights up or turns on because of a new notification and then you grab your phone

novice

Students who are new to learning programming language using a given integrated development environment (IDE) can be considered as \____________ users.

Eye-tracking

This device is usually used in sport science to analyze athletes' vision through a computer.

Maintenance rehearsal

Information in short-term memory can be by repeating the information silently or aloud but does not add meaning to the information and is unlikely to remember it is no longer being repeated. This method is called \_____________.

Arcades

Whole-body tracking devices are commonly seen in arcades.

false

The cache performs basic arithmetic

true?

Interacting with a social media application will require multiple cycles of Abowd and Beale's interaction framework.

latency

In gaming

hard and soft controls

Ian wants to listen to music so he turns on his speaker

i and iii

Ian wants to listen to music so he turns on his speaker

saccades

Assuming that you are browsing the internet when suddenly an advertisement popped out

Voice

It can be used as input for automatic speech recognition.

cognition

It is the process of conscious intellectual activity. Also

true

Computers can communicate remotely to transfer and share information with other computers.

observation

A notification icon shows up in an application and the user checks the update. The user seeing the notification icon and understanding that there is an update from the application is an example of \____________________.

false

Articulation is where the user starts doing the task in the input language.

false

First-time users are already knowledgeable about the system's interface.

Rational

Browsing the internet to do your homework is under what time scale of human action.

Timbre

The property of sound that denotes its richness. It usually depends on the sound's harmonic structure.

3

storing
remembering
forgetting

The human brain consists of \____ stages in processing information.

true

The printer is an example of a paper output device.

FALSE
observation

Presentation is where the user translates the output language into personal understanding.

true

Applying a stronger force on a control gives you faster movement of cursor. This example is isometric controls.

false

Navigating a website is an example of a cognitive band.

Iconic

It is the visual sensory memory.

output

The 3D printers are examples of \_______________.

true

Articulation is where the system shows the results in the output language.

articulation

Pressing the fingerprint sensor to login to your computer is a translation under \___________________.

true

Learned relationships need to be understood

intensity

It is the brightness

false

There are 2 stages in information processing in the human brain.

cache

This allows faster access of instructions and increases the overall speed of the program.

false

The use of a mouse is an example of natural relationships.

Mappings

It is the relationship between what the user does and how the systems respond

Long-term memory

Storing

false

Research at higher bands of the time scale is likely to be highly quantitative

QUALITATIVE

Research on social band should be \______________?

expert frequent

Chief Product Officer (CPO) is an example of what type of user profile?

COGNITIVE

Menu selection falls under what time scale of human action?

SIGHT AND HEARING

When you are playing first-person shooter (FPS) games

OLFACTION

It is the ability to perceive odors.

false

As discussed

INDUCTIVE

Your little sister just learned that elephants have trunks and she assumes every elephant should have one. This reasoning falls under \__________.

true

The printer is an example of a paper output device.

false

Printer is an example of paper input device.

true

Scanner is an example of paper input device.

observation

A notification icon shows up in an application and the user checks the update. The user seeing the notification icon and understanding that there is an update from the application is an example of \____________________.

true

People interact with the computer to accomplish a goal.

ii

iii

mappings

Control-display relationship is also called as \_____________.

interface knowlege

This user knowledge has an understanding of the environment where he or she is navigating.

cognitive?

When you are searching for the item you need in an online shopping site is an action under \___________________ band.

false

The concept of vision starts with the receiving of light thru the skin.

pitch

This property is also called as the frequency of sound.

true

Abductive reasoning is the formulation of hypotheses to explain a phenomenon.

false

Deductive reasoning is the way of arriving at generalizations from observations we have seen about cases we have not seen.

cognition

It is the process of conscious intellectual activity. Also

false

The scanner is an example of a paper output device.

STORAGE CHANNEL BOUND

Transferring large files may take some time depending on the hardware speed used

false

Touch screen technology serves as an input device only.

RAM

It allows the computer to do multitasking.

ORDER OF CONTROL

Let us say you want to swipe up the screen of your mobile device to view other content in an application. The event of touching your fingers onto the screen is the \___________________.

true

Users have tremendous variability.

false

Deductive reasoning is the way of arriving at generalizations from observations we have seen about cases we have not seen.

true?

In HCI

true

It is the brightness

abowd and beale

The \______________ interaction framework identify system and user components which communicate via the input and output components of an interface.

false

Knowing your user is just a piece of cake. It is easy as 1

false

Timbre is also called as the frequency of sound.

true

Human memory decay overtime

COLOR BLINDEDNESS

A condition that occurs when you are unable to see colors in a normal way.

false

Hard disk drives (HDD) are far more expensive than solid-state drives (SSD).

true

Articulation is where the user communicates the task in the input language.

ARTICULATION

It is where the user starts doing the task in the input language.

true

Touchscreens are the full embodiment of direct manipulation.

false

In the observation stage

false

Presentation is where the user starts doing the task in the input language.

false

Order of control tells you something about an object

EYE-TRACKING DEVICES

It is a kind of system that accepts eye movement as input.

II

III

false

Hard controls pertain to the GUI which controls the system.

true

Soft controls pertain to the GUI which controls the system.

eyes

It is a human sensor but may also be used as an input.

true

An interaction is said to occur when you perform a task using a computing technology such as computers.

FREQUENCY

The property of light leading to the perception of color.

OLFACTOMETERS

The digital scent technology works by representing smell using sensors like \_______________.

i

Getting along with newly introduced classmates in your class takes time. This is because \_____________________________.

socialization band takes time
rational band takes time
cognitive band takes time
biological band takes time

Sensory Memory

It acts as a kind of buffer for stimuli received through the five senses.

storage channel bound

Transferring large files may take some time depending on the hardware speed used

first time

Let's say you are a graduate of computer science

true

Different people have different capabilities to perceive variances in frequency.

i

ii

The given statements below shows \___________________ reasoning.

"Every cat that we have seen purrs."

"Therefore

all cats purr."

Abductive

Inductive

Cognitive

Deductive