First 25 questions HCI

Expert reviews and usability testing is considered as an important step in design process (in consideration of the four pillars of design). Find a correct description about usability testing method? A. Alpha test - A test among yourselves (the teams) to confirm that your product works. B. Beta test - The final phase of software design in which a sampling of the intended audience tries the product out. C. Pilot test - A final phase test to test if the product is error free.

Alpha test - A test among yourselves (the teams) to confirm that your product works.

Ethnographic observation consists of four steps such as preparation, field study, analysis, and reporting. Find an incorrect description (explanation) about each step? A. Preparation focuses on understanding organization policies and work culture. B. Field study indicates that observing/interviewing users in their workplace and collect subjective/objective quantitative/qualitative data. C. Analysis represents the study of identifying audiences and goals. D. Reporting is considered as a preparation of a report and presenting the findings

Analysis represents the study of identifying audiences and goals.

In the four pillars of design, the 2nd pillar represents "guidelines documents & processes". Find the one that does not necessary to be considered? A. Terminology, shapes of icons, and graphics should be determined. B. Screen-layout issues (such as menu selection, error messages, and etc.) need to be considered. C. Action sequences should be identified. D. Communication method(s) with users needs to be formatted.

Communication method(s) with users needs to be formatted.

Find the one that does not belong to design characterization defined by Carroll and Rosson (1985)? A. Design is a state. B. The design process is nonhierarchical. C. The design process is radically transformational. D. Design intrinsically involves the discovery of new goals.

Design is a state.

In the four pillars of design, the 2nd pillar represents "guidelines documents & processes". In the pillar, Four Es (Education, Enforcement, Exemption, and Enhancement) are considered as important steps for guideline creation and utilization. Find an incorrect description? A. Education - User's of guidelines need training and chance to discuss guidelines. B. Enforcement - Timely and clear process necessary to verify that an interface adheres to guidelines. C. Exemption - When creative ideas or new technologies are used, rapid process for gaining exemption is needed. D. Enhancement - Iterative process for rebuilding guidelines up to date.

Enhancement - Iterative process for rebuilding guidelines up to date.

Based on following the four pillars of design, we are planning to perform "User Interface Requirements" process. What method we should follow to identify user interface requirements? A. Ethnographic Observation B. Prototype design C. Expert review D. Usability Testing

Ethnographic Observation

Closely observing and studying a particular culture or group in order to better understand the customs, social structure and habits of the people is critical for designing successful user interfaces. What do we call this study?

Ethnographic Observation

Describe the difference between Ethnographic Observation and Participatory Design?

Ethnographic observation is a study that closely observes and studies a particular culture or group to better understand the customs, social structure, and habits of the people. Instead, participatory design is the direct involvement of people in the collaborative design of the things and technologies they use.

Ethnographic observation consists of four steps such as preparation, field study, analysis, and reporting. Find an incorrect description (explanation) about each step? A. Preparation focuses on Understand organization policies and work culture. B. Field study indicates that familiarizing ourselves with work environment and its history. C. Analysis represents the study of compiling the collected data in numerical, textual, and multimedia databases. D. Reporting is considered as a preparation of a report and presenting the findings

Field study indicates that familiarizing ourselves with work environment and its history.

Ethnographic observation is to identify and observe the user community in action. It consists of four steps. Find the one that does not belong to the four steps? A. Preparation B. Prototype design C. Field Study D. Analysis E. Reporting

Prototype design

Find the one that does not belong to Ethnographic Observation? A. Preparation B. Review C. Field Study D. Analysis E. Reporting

Review

Why we need to conduct ethnographic observation to design successful user interfaces?

Since interface users form a unique culture, ethnographic methods for observing them are becoming increasingly important.

As a part of Rapid Contextual Design process, _______ indicates that the vision guides the detailed redesign of user tasks using pictures and graphs to describe the initial user-interface concepts, business rules, and automation assumptions. A. Contextual inquiry B. Personas C. Visioning D. Storyboarding E. User environment design

Storyboarding

Based on the four pillars of design, we need to consider utilizing user-interface software tools. Explain why?

The cost of making changes to systems once those systems have been implemented is high. The customers and users can be given a realistic impression of what the final system will look like.

Describe why we should consider legal issues when conducting a design process?

To avoid possible issues caused by when performing unauthorized use of material(s) that are protected by copyright.

Successful user interfaces should follow the four pillars of design. Find the one that does not belong to the four pillars of design? A. User Interface Requirements B. Guidelines documents & processes C. User-interface software tools D. Usability Engineering E. Expert reviews and usability testing

Usability Engineering

________ has evolved into a recognized discipline with maturing practices and a growing set of standards. It focuses on making human-computer interfaces that have high usability or user friendliness. A. HCI B. Usability engineering C. UI expert D. Design process

Usability engineering

_______ was developed recently to further improve upon User-Centered Design (UCD) and to optimize it for e-business on demand. A. User Engineering (UE) B. Contextual design C. Usability engineering D. Ethnographic observation

User Engineering (UE)

Many software development projects are failed to achieve their goals because there is a poor communication between developers and their business clients or between developers and their users. Find the solution that can help us avoid this failure? A. Usability testing B. User-centered design C. Expert review D. User engineering

User-centered design

________________ is a process that outlines the phases throughout a design and development life-cycle all while focusing on gaining a deep understanding of who will be using the product. With this approach, it is possible for us to design user-interfaces with generating fewer problems, resulting in faster performance, and reducing user errors. Since it focuses on designing user-interfaces based on understanding users, tasks, and environments, it can help organization align system functionality with their business needs and priorities.

User-centered design

Find the one that has an incorrect explanation about User-Centered Design (UCD)? A. It is considered as an iterative design process B. It basically focuses on understanding users and tasks C. Users are continuously being involved in analyzing tasks D. Every prototype is evaluated somehow

Users are continuously being involved in analyzing tasks

As a part of Rapid Contextual Design process, _______ focuses on reviewing and "walking" the consolidated data, sharing the personas created. A. Contextual inquiry B. Personas C. Visioning D. Storyboarding E. User environment design

Visioning

_______ is a user-centered design process developed by Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt. It incorporates ethnographic (observational) methods for gathering data relevant to the product via field studies, rationalizing workflows, and designing human-computer interfaces. A. Usability engineering B. Contextual design C. Direct manipulation D. Ethnographic observation

contextual design

Since design is inherently _________ and ________ , interactive system designers must blend knowledge of technical feasibility with a mystical esthetic sense of what attracts users. A. creative, unpredictable B. organizational, usable C. transformational, transformative D. discoverable, transitional

creative, unpredictable

There is an art work (came out in 2016) that does not have any copyright notice. Based on the copyright law, it is allowed for you to use the work freely. T or F

false