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Human Computer Interaction (CS408)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. The comparison of what happened in the world with what we wanted to happen is called

    1. efficiency
    2. execution
    3. evaluation
    4. action
  2. Which of the following can be varied to distinguish controls from the background or to group controls logically?

    1. dimensionality of affordance
    2. hue
    3. saturation
    4. All of the given
  3. Which of the following will result in using proper contrast?
    a) Visual patterns that users register and remember
    b) Provides a gross means of indicating the most important elements in an interface's visual hierarchy
    c) Provides a gross means of indicating the least important elements in an interface's visual hierarchy

    1. A and B
    2. B and C
    3. A and C
    4. A, B and C
  4. ________ is the remarkable facility that lets us reverse a previous action.

    1. Undo
    2. Redo
    3. Forward
    4. Both Redo and Forward
  5. What is a multimedia system?

    1. A human-computer interace that provides multisensory, three-dimensional, and real-time interaction with computer-generated environments.
    2. A human-computer interace that provides a discrete interaction with digital, pre-recorded text, audio, graphics and video.
    3. A human-computer interace that provides multisensory, three-dimensional, and real-time interaction with computer-generated environments that requires the use of a head-mounted display (HMD)
    4. A human-computer interface designed for the purposes of entertainment
  6. The sensation can be excited by presenting a different, properly prepared, view to each eye. The pair of views is called a ________.

    1. stereopair
    2. stereogram
    3. stereopair & stereogram
    4. None of the given
  7. Amazon's single row of tabs required only ________ graphics per page.

    1. five
    2. three
    3. four
    4. two
  8. An interface will have zero to two ________ personas.

    1. Primary
    2. Secondary
    3. Supplemental
    4. Customer
  9. During the ________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered through analysis of the field research and interviews are synthesized into domain and user mosels.

    1. Refinement
    2. Framework definition
    3. Modeling
    4. Research
  10. ________ involves thinking, comparing, and decision-making.

    1. Reflective cognition
    2. Experiential cognition
    3. Information Processing
    4. None of the given
  11. ________ is particularly useful early id design. It is excellent technique to use with the prototype, because it provides a wealth of diagnostic information.

    1. Co-discovery
    2. Splindid research
    3. Active intervention
    4. Formal test report
  12. The workflow models and organizational charts, fall under the following ethnographic framework.

    1. Distributed co-ordination
    2. Plans and procedures
    3. Awareness of work
    4. Data-centric design
  13. User and system has its own unique language, the language used by the user is called ________.

    1. Task
    2. Core
    3. Task & Core
    4. None of the given
  14. If we want to access remote system/Terminal to work on ________. Protocol is being used;

    1. FTP
    2. EBCDIC
    3. Telnet
    4. None of the given
  15. A small picture that is used to represent a closed window is said to be a/an

    1. menu
    2. toolbar
    3. status bar
    4. icon
  16. The contrast of size is usable particularly in display of:

    1. Quantitative information
    2. Qualitative information
    3. Both Quantitative information and Qualitative information
    4. None of the given
  17. Which of the following is a text entry device?

    1. keyboard
    2. mouse
    3. monitor
    4. touch pad
  18. Certain factors that help us to interact with graphical based systems is ________.

    1. Indirect manipulation
    2. Direct manipulation
    3. Indirect manipulation & Direct manipulation
    4. None of the given
  19. If system image does not make design model clear and consistent, then user will have wrong ________.

    1. Conceptual model
    2. User Model
    3. Designer image
    4. Conceptual model & Designer image
  20. Trying to throw the icon of the hard disk into the wastebasket, in the dsktop metaphor, as a way of removing all existing files from the disk is a example of ________.

    1. Mistake
    2. Slip
    3. Lapse
    4. Mistake & Slip
  21. Global Navigation system is also called ________.

    1. Site ID
    2. Persistent Navigation
    3. Both of above
    4. None of the given
  22. Which one is not an input Controls?

    1. checkboxes
    2. tags
    3. buttons
    4. text fields
  23. Which of the following is true regarding "Visibility"?

    1. The more visible functions are, the more likely users will be able to know what to do next.
    2. The more visible functions are, the less likely users will be able to know what to do next.
    3. functions visibility and user knowing of what to do next, are not related to each other
    4. None of the given
  24. Once the user input into system, the input language is translated into the ________ language as operations to be performed by the system.

    1. Task
    2. Core
    3. Task & Core
    4. None of the given
  25. Errors are generally ________, incorrect actions.

    1. double
    2. single
    3. triple
    4. bi-directional
  26. "Mistakes" and "Slips" are two forms of

    1. errors
    2. goals
    3. evaluation
    4. objectives
  27. Which of the following device can not be useful for a visually impaired person?

    1. a typical keyboard
    2. a typical monitor
    3. a typical speaker
    4. a typical processor
  28. The ________ is given structure on the software side through interaction design.

    1. surface
    2. scope
    3. skeleton
    4. element
  29. ________ involves restricting the possible functions that can be carried out by a novice to the basics and then extending these as the novice becomes more experienced.

    1. Master-apprentice
    2. Initial training
    3. Master-apprentice & Initial training
    4. Training Wheel
  30. ________ is an early release of a product to a few users.

    1. Final version
    2. Focus
    3. Beta test
    4. Survey
  31. The ________ is like a building name for a Web site.

    1. Site ID or logo
    2. Subsections
    3. Windows
    4. None of the given
  32. Which of the following depicts the shape of a check box?

    1. Square
    2. Round
    3. Triangle
    4. Rectangle
  33. Which one of the below listed mobile devices are considered as a smartphone?

    1. Samsung Note2
    2. Samsung s5
    3. Apple iPhone
    4. All of the given
  34. ________ of a device is formed by interpreting perceived actions and visible structure.

    1. Conceptual model
    2. User Model
    3. Designer image
    4. Mental Model
  35. To organize the days for social, commercial, religious and administrative purpose, which application can use?

    1. Skype
    2. Amazon
    3. Calendar
    4. Gallary
  36. Web designers use the term ________ to describe the set of navigation elements that appear on every page of a site.

    1. Address Navigation
    2. Penitent navigation or global navigation
    3. Both of above
    4. None of the given
  37. ________ has agoal of assessing whether the product works acording to its specifications.

    1. Requirement elicitation
    2. Quality assurance
    3. Trunk Test
    4. Maintenance
  38. The secret to designing a successful undo system is to make sure that it supports typically ________ tools.

    1. cheap
    2. unused
    3. expensive
    4. used
  39. ________ represents the Early-phase of ethnographic interviews.

    1. Clarify user roles and behaviours.
    2. Confirm patterns of use.
    3. Clarifying questions
    4. Focused on domain knowledge
  40. When the user mistypes, the ________ key "undoes" the erroneous characters.

    1. insert
    2. Backspace
    3. tab
    4. shift
  41. Problem solving, planning, reasoning and decision-making are all cognitive processes involving ________.

    1. Reflective cognition
    2. Procedural cognition
    3. Reflective cognition & Procedural cognition
    4. None of the given
  42. "What site is this", Statement represents ________.

    1. Folder
    2. Site ID
    3. Scroll bar
    4. None of the given
  43. Which of the following should be avoided for making easy and pleasurable interfaces?

    1. Visual noise and clutter
    2. Contrast, similarity and layering to distinguish and organize elements
    3. Provision of visual structure and flow at each level of organization
    4. Use of cohesive, consistent and contextually appropriate imagery
  44. ________ is a usability test in which a member of the test team sits in the room with the participant and actively probes the participant's understanding of whatever is being tested.

    1. Co discovery
    2. Active intervention
    3. Trunk test
    4. Beta test
  45. Which of the following will result in using proper contrast?

    1. Visual patterns that users register and remember
    2. Provides a gross means of indicating the most important elements in an interface's visual hierarchy
    3. Provides a gross means of indicating the least important elements in an interface's visual hierarchy
    4. All of the given
  46. Which of the following can be varied to distinguish controls from the background or to group controls logically?
    A) dimensionality of affordance
    2) hue
    3) saturation

    1. A and B
    2. A and C
    3. A, B and C
    4. B and C
  47. Which one is not a characteristic of usability test?

    1. The primary goal is to improve usability
    2. The participants do not represent real users
    3. Analyze the data, diagnose the real problems, and recommend changes to fix those problems
    4. Observe and record what participants do and say
  48. Which of the following is not one of the primary colors?

    1. Red
    2. Yellow
    3. Blue
    4. Green
  49. Consistent interfaces refers to ________ for achieving similar tasks.
    A) to have similar operations
    B) use similar elements

    1. Only A
    2. Only B
    3. Both A & B
    4. None of the given
  50. Which of the following requires less cognitive effort than others?

    1. listening
    2. speaking
    3. hearing
    4. None of the given
  51. There are two aspects in which we can understand the nature of usability

    A. Strategic and Tactical
    B. Efficiency and Strategy
    C. Tactical and Reliability D. Efficiency and Reliability

    1. Only A
    2. Only C
    3. A and D
    4. B and C
  52. Figuring out "where you are" on the Web is called ________.

    1. Webinar
    2. Web Navigation
    3. Web Designing
    4. Web Portal
  53. What is orientation?

    1. A type of spatial contrast
    2. A type of user interface
    3. A type of website
    4. A type of spatial control