[Greater] profits due to more

competitive products/services
[Decreased] overall development
and maintenance costs The bottom-line benefits of usability to development organizations
[Decreased] customer support include:
costs
[More] follow-on business due to
satisfied customers
HCI tries to provide us with all
understanding of the computer and the person using it, so as to
effective, enjoyable
make the
interaction between them ___________ and ___________.
software system is one that supports the effective and efficient
usable
completino of tasks in a given work context.
Sense Cam is a wearable tool that takes photographs intermittently
FALSE
when worn without any user interference
Perception allows us to focus on information that is relevant to what
FALSE
we are doing and it involves an audio and/or visual senses.
One of HCI's goals is to create specific capabilities and constraints
TRUE for the software and/or hardware and platform chosen for the
product
will want to use, will be able to HCI is about
use, will find effective when understanding and creating software and other technology that
used people: (select all correct answers)
TRUE Humans have a restricted capacity for processing information.
HCI is about understanding and creating software and other
TRUE technology that people will want to use, will be able to use, and will
find effective when used.
HCI encompasses three major parts within the framework,
human, computer, interaction
____________, _______________ and _________________.
increased productivity, decreased
The benefits of more usable software system to business users
user training time and cost,
include:
decreased user errors
Visibility is what operations and manipulation can be performed on
FALSE
a given entity
Social
processes such as turn-taking, conventions etc. help us to work
TRUE
together and
organize our activities
HCI concerns more on
FALSE
computing systems for human use.
HCI is about understanding and developing software and other
TRUE technology that will allow people to use, be able to use, and be
successful when used.
When humans communicate with _____________, they bring to the
computer
encounter a lifetime of
The idea that users earn by What is the fundamental insight that underlies the evaluation
exploring an interface process of "cognitive walk through?"
Individual differences (need for structure vs. flexibility) and work
situations (overloaded vs. bored) would mean that a one-size-fits-all
TRUE
solution is neither feasible nor prudent as we strive for optimum
workplace environment and human efficiency.
HCI is the study of how people use computer
FALSE
systems to certain tasks.
Keeping abreast of what others do and letting others know what you
FALSE
do are irrelevant aspects of collaborative work and socialization
A software engineer trained in the development of user interfaces
TRUE would have gained experience, learned about approaches and
techniques and gained an understanding of its weaknesses.
HCI is the
usability
study and the practice of _______.
achieve efficient, effective and Developers must attempt to ______________________ in order to
safe interaction produce computer systems with good usability.
Increased productivity, Decreased
user training time
and cost, Decreased user errors,
The following are benefits of more usable
Increased accuracy of data
software system to business users: (select all correct answers).
input and data interpretation,
Decreased need for ongoing
technical support
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary area of
human and computer study focused on computer technology design and, in particular, the
interaction between ______________________.
HCI also concerns with the
TRUE
study of surrounding them.
________________ among users and computers happens at the
Interaction
user interface which includes both software and hardware.
The correct answers are:
increased productivity, decreased The benefits of more usable software system to business users
user training time and cost, include:
decreased user errors
There are three broad categories of user. This category of users
occasional users
know well how to perform the tasks they need to perform frequently.
A software system is one that supports the effective and efficient
usable
completino of tasks in a given work context.
Perception allows us to focus on information that is relevant to what
FALSE
we are doing and it involves an audio and/or visual senses.
There are three broad categories of user. This category of users
occasional users
know well how to perform the tasks they need to perform frequently.
Several
TRUE systems and technologies were developed to support telepresence
and co-presence
 Speech-recognition systems allow users to communicate using
TRUE
spoken commands
A usable software system is one that supports
the _______ and ______ completion of tasks in a given work
efficient, effective
context” (Karat and
Dayton 1995). (select all correct answers).
According to the definition of HCI, it concerns
design, evaluation, implementation
processes that deals with: (select all correct answers)