HFE Human Factors Exam 1 Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
*Ch 1* The goal of Human Factors and Ergonomics is to improve: -
✔✔safety, efficiency, comfort, and productivity
*Ch 1* For applications in high-risk domains, which human factors goal has
the strongest emphasis? - ✔✔safety
*Ch 1* The overall goals of human factors engineering include: -
✔✔improve safety and performance
*Ch 1* What is the aim of Human Factors and Ergonomics? - ✔✔studying
the fit between people and products, tool, organization, procedures, and
environments
*Ch 1* T/F Learned intuition can make you a more effective designer. -
✔✔FALSE
*Ch 1* Systems must be designed to accommodate: - ✔✔the range of
possible system users
*Ch 1* What are the three components of the human factors engineering
design cycle? - ✔✔understand, evaluate, create
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,*Ch 1* Which of the following are human factors design interventions? -
✔✔organization, task, environment, selection, equipment, and training
*Ch 1* For applications in the workplace, which human factors goal has the
strongest emphasis? - ✔✔performance
*Ch 1* Physical ergonomics is concerned with ____ NOT _____ -
✔✔human anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics characteristics; NOT
human memory and perception
*Ch 1* Design needs to be: - ✔✔evidence based
*Ch 1* For applications in consumer products, which human factors goal
has the strongest emphasis? - ✔✔satisfaction
*Ch 1* Human factors engineering makes... - ✔✔technology work for all
people
*Ch 1* Human error is a symptom of... - ✔✔poor design
*Ch 1* safety - ✔✔reducing the risk of injury and death
*Ch 1* performance - ✔✔increasing productivity, quality and efficiency;
reducing errors
*Ch 1* satisfaction - ✔✔increasing acceptance, comfort, and well being
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,*Ch 1* Which interventions would you consider last? - ✔✔training and
selection
*Ch 1* understand - ✔✔accident investigation, observation, taks analysis
*Ch 1* create - ✔✔task, equipment, environment, training, selection,
organization
*Ch 1* evaluate - ✔✔heuristic evaluation, usability testing, system
evaluation
*Ch 1* task design - ✔✔focuses more on changing what operators do than
on changing the devices they use and also involves assigning part or all of
tasks to other workers or to automated components
*Ch 1* equipment design - ✔✔changes physical equipment people work
with. EX: apple
*Ch 1* environmental design - ✔✔changes the physical environment where
the tasks are carried out
*Ch 1* training - ✔✔enhances the knowledge and skills of people by
preparing them for the job environment
*Ch 1* selection - ✔✔changes the makeup of the team or organization by
picking people that are best stunned to the job
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, *Ch 1* team and organization design - ✔✔changes how groups of people
communicate and relate to each other and proves a broad view that
includes the organizational climate within which the work is performed
*Ch 1* Human factors design includes - ✔✔interface, interaction,
experience, and organization
*Ch 1* The priority of human goals and interventions depends on... - ✔✔the
application area
*Ch 1* engineering psych vs human factors - ✔✔EP: a discipline within
psychology with the goal of understanding the human mind as it relates to
design VS HF: system design, accounting for factors (psychological and
physical) that are properties of the human component
*Ch 1* cognitive engineering - ✔✔focuses on cognitive considerations like
context of safety and complex systems and how to manage systems
*Ch 1* macroergonomics - ✔✔addresses need to consider not just details
of particular devices/processes, but the need to consider the overall work
system
*Ch 1* human systems integration - ✔✔considers how designs must
consider how people interact with all systems -- focuses on ability of
qualified staff based on demographic trends and training requirements
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and Answers 100% Pass
*Ch 1* The goal of Human Factors and Ergonomics is to improve: -
✔✔safety, efficiency, comfort, and productivity
*Ch 1* For applications in high-risk domains, which human factors goal has
the strongest emphasis? - ✔✔safety
*Ch 1* The overall goals of human factors engineering include: -
✔✔improve safety and performance
*Ch 1* What is the aim of Human Factors and Ergonomics? - ✔✔studying
the fit between people and products, tool, organization, procedures, and
environments
*Ch 1* T/F Learned intuition can make you a more effective designer. -
✔✔FALSE
*Ch 1* Systems must be designed to accommodate: - ✔✔the range of
possible system users
*Ch 1* What are the three components of the human factors engineering
design cycle? - ✔✔understand, evaluate, create
1
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,*Ch 1* Which of the following are human factors design interventions? -
✔✔organization, task, environment, selection, equipment, and training
*Ch 1* For applications in the workplace, which human factors goal has the
strongest emphasis? - ✔✔performance
*Ch 1* Physical ergonomics is concerned with ____ NOT _____ -
✔✔human anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics characteristics; NOT
human memory and perception
*Ch 1* Design needs to be: - ✔✔evidence based
*Ch 1* For applications in consumer products, which human factors goal
has the strongest emphasis? - ✔✔satisfaction
*Ch 1* Human factors engineering makes... - ✔✔technology work for all
people
*Ch 1* Human error is a symptom of... - ✔✔poor design
*Ch 1* safety - ✔✔reducing the risk of injury and death
*Ch 1* performance - ✔✔increasing productivity, quality and efficiency;
reducing errors
*Ch 1* satisfaction - ✔✔increasing acceptance, comfort, and well being
2
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,*Ch 1* Which interventions would you consider last? - ✔✔training and
selection
*Ch 1* understand - ✔✔accident investigation, observation, taks analysis
*Ch 1* create - ✔✔task, equipment, environment, training, selection,
organization
*Ch 1* evaluate - ✔✔heuristic evaluation, usability testing, system
evaluation
*Ch 1* task design - ✔✔focuses more on changing what operators do than
on changing the devices they use and also involves assigning part or all of
tasks to other workers or to automated components
*Ch 1* equipment design - ✔✔changes physical equipment people work
with. EX: apple
*Ch 1* environmental design - ✔✔changes the physical environment where
the tasks are carried out
*Ch 1* training - ✔✔enhances the knowledge and skills of people by
preparing them for the job environment
*Ch 1* selection - ✔✔changes the makeup of the team or organization by
picking people that are best stunned to the job
3
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, *Ch 1* team and organization design - ✔✔changes how groups of people
communicate and relate to each other and proves a broad view that
includes the organizational climate within which the work is performed
*Ch 1* Human factors design includes - ✔✔interface, interaction,
experience, and organization
*Ch 1* The priority of human goals and interventions depends on... - ✔✔the
application area
*Ch 1* engineering psych vs human factors - ✔✔EP: a discipline within
psychology with the goal of understanding the human mind as it relates to
design VS HF: system design, accounting for factors (psychological and
physical) that are properties of the human component
*Ch 1* cognitive engineering - ✔✔focuses on cognitive considerations like
context of safety and complex systems and how to manage systems
*Ch 1* macroergonomics - ✔✔addresses need to consider not just details
of particular devices/processes, but the need to consider the overall work
system
*Ch 1* human systems integration - ✔✔considers how designs must
consider how people interact with all systems -- focuses on ability of
qualified staff based on demographic trends and training requirements
4
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