Hf 300 Exam 3 Updated Questions And Correct Answers

HF 300 EXAM 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. what is the definition of an-thropocentric?
Answer:
"measure of man" -study the measurement of human dimensions. -typically used to alter designs
based on body dimensions

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2. why do we need Anthro-pocentrics in human factors
Answer:

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3. What are the different types of anthropometric variability?
Answer:
-Age -Gender -Occupation -Heredity -generation -Diurnal

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4. What does anthropometric variability in generation mean?
Answer:
Body dimensions change over history

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5. What is biocular breadth?
What design does it have the greatest impact upon?
Answer:
The cross between Sitting height and forward reach. as described in the Dimension chart

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6. Why are statistics important for anthropometrics?
Answer:
To be able to measure the changes in the body

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7. What's the difference between a population and a sample?
Answer:
Population: some theoretical group of people being mea-sured Sample: the group of people actually
measured

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8. What's the difference between designing for an average, an extreme, or an adjustable range?
Answer:
A normal curve (typical data follows a typical pattern): Extreme 5% adj Range 90%

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9. What's the difference between a structural measurement and a functional measurement?