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Discoverability 2.5 - Answer Relevant functions should be made visible so the user can discover them instead of relying on learning them elsewhere (Powerpoint menus) Simplicity 2.5 - Answer - Design should make simple, common tasks easy - Do not include info that is irrelevant or rarely needed - Use of design is easy to understand, regardless of experience, knowledge, language skills or current concentration level Affordances 2.5 - Answer The design of the thing affords or hints...

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9 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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What does HCI stand for? - Answer Human Computer Interaction Goals of HCI - Answer Usefulness and Usability What is Usefulness? - Answer User can achieve some task What is Usability - Answer Reduce User's Cognitive Load What is a user task? - Answer The usage of an interface to accomplish a goal 5 Tips to identify User Tasks - Answer 1. Watch Real Users 2. Talk to the user 3. Start by identifying the small tasks 4. Abstract Up: Ask why the user is doing the...

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8 pages

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Stakeholders - Answer - primary stakeholders directly interact with a tool. - secondary stakeholders receive the output of a tool ; interact with the output of the system - tertiary stakeholders are affected by the existence of the system - user centered design is also about the impact of the design on not just the end-user but also all of the stakeholders Needfinding - Answer Gather a comprehensive understanding of a task the user is trying to perform who, what, where, when, why ...

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16 pages

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The HCI Hierarchy of Needs* - Answer Utility/Functionality Usability User Experience Utility/Functionality* - Answer can a product be used to solve a problem. does it perform the functions that it was designed for or its currently being used Usability* - Answer how easily can the user use a product in order to solve a problem or perform a desired function User Experience* - Answer how a product behaves and is used by people in the real world. more specifically it is about ...

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11 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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What does HCI stand for? - Answer Human Computer Interaction Goals of HCI - Answer Usefulness and Usability What is Usefulness? - Answer User can achieve some task What is Usability - Answer Reduce User's Cognitive Load What is a user task? - Answer The usage of an interface to accomplish a goal 5 Tips to identify User Tasks - Answer 1. Watch Real Users 2. Talk to the user 3. Start by identifying the small tasks 4. Abstract Up: Ask why the user is doing the...

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4 pages

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Fidelity - Answer The completeness or maturity of a prototype Horizontal Prototype - Answer A type of prototype that is designed to cover the design of the interface as a whole, but in a more shallow way. Design life cycle typically begins with this type of prototype. Vertical Prototypes - Answer A type of prototype that takes a small portion of the interface and prototypes it in great detail Feedback - Answer The goal of a prototype is to receive __________ Expert Blinds...

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8 pages

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What are advantages and disadvantages of a layered architecture? - Answer Each protocol layer offers different services. Some advantages are scalability, flexibility, and ease of adding / removing components making it easier for cost-effective implementations. Disadvantages include: some layers functionality depends on the information from the other layer and violates the goal of layer separation; one layer may duplicate lower layer functionalities; overhead both in computation and in message...

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17 pages

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Similarities between Agile Development and User-Centered Design (UCD) - Answer 1. Emphasizes iterative development processes building on feedback from previous rounds. 2. Heavy emphasis on the users role in the development process. 3. Emphasize the importance of team coherence. Differences between Agile Development and User-Centered Design (UCD) - Answer 1. Importance of documentation. 2. Importance of doing research prior to the beginning. Five Principles for Integrating Agile De...

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14 pages

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Identifying a Task - Answer Watch real users Talk to users Start small Abstract up You are not your user Processor Model - Answer Humans take input and produce output Interface must fit human limits Quantitative Experiments Quantitative - Answer Data that is in numbers Formal tests, comparisons, conclusions Narrow Predictor Model - Answer Understand inside users head Interface must fit within humans current knowledge Efficiently teach user what they don't know ...

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11 pages

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Key roles of an operating system - Answer hides hardware complexity, ensuring policies, isolating applications from each other, directs resources, enforces working policies, mitigates difficulty of complex tasks Policies - Answer Set of rules or guidelines that the OS uses to decide what to do. Mechanisms - Answer What abstractions use to accomplish tasks Abstractions - Answer Concepts that the OS uses to manage privileged component Principle of separation of mechanism an...

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11 pages

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CS 6750: HCI - Quiz 2 With Complete Solutions...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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CS 6750 QUIZ 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Discoverability & Simplicity - CORRECT ANSWERHard to balance design principles Affordances - CORRECT ANSWERDesign principle jointly determined by the qualities of the object and the abilities of the agent that is interacting.

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5 pages

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