HCI Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Explain the difference between good and poor interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Good: Easy to learn, usable, simple design, aesthetically pleasing, effective
to use, enjoyable user experience. Solve the user's problem as effectively as possible , first
knowing the problem by talking to user. Takes into account what people are good and bad at.
Poor: Confusing to use, difficult, inefficient, not obvious what to do.
Describe what interaction design is and how it relates to human-computer interaction and
other fields. - CORRECT ANSWER Creating interactive products to support the way
people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives.
Interaction design is a wider scope of HCI but apples to the same concepts. There is
overlapping fields ("Pay attention to that" Teacher)
Explain the relationship between the user experience and usability. - CORRECT
ANSWER Usability- Can't have a good user experience without it. Means it is easy to
learn and enjoyable.
Describe what and who is involved in the process of interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Process:
Establishing requirements,
Designing alternatives, different solutions to the problems.
Prototyping and evaluating.
Important to work with different people from different backgrounds who have all different
sets of skills.
Outline the different forms of guidance used in interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Visibility issues, ability to actually get feedback from that user experience,
consistent to other user experience. You don't want to make an experience time consuming.
Fordability, people who want it easy to use don't care about the cost.
Vending machine: People read left to right, keep it that way.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Explain the difference between good and poor interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Good: Easy to learn, usable, simple design, aesthetically pleasing, effective
to use, enjoyable user experience. Solve the user's problem as effectively as possible , first
knowing the problem by talking to user. Takes into account what people are good and bad at.
Poor: Confusing to use, difficult, inefficient, not obvious what to do.
Describe what interaction design is and how it relates to human-computer interaction and
other fields. - CORRECT ANSWER Creating interactive products to support the way
people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives.
Interaction design is a wider scope of HCI but apples to the same concepts. There is
overlapping fields ("Pay attention to that" Teacher)
Explain the relationship between the user experience and usability. - CORRECT
ANSWER Usability- Can't have a good user experience without it. Means it is easy to
learn and enjoyable.
Describe what and who is involved in the process of interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Process:
Establishing requirements,
Designing alternatives, different solutions to the problems.
Prototyping and evaluating.
Important to work with different people from different backgrounds who have all different
sets of skills.
Outline the different forms of guidance used in interaction design. - CORRECT
ANSWER Visibility issues, ability to actually get feedback from that user experience,
consistent to other user experience. You don't want to make an experience time consuming.
Fordability, people who want it easy to use don't care about the cost.
Vending machine: People read left to right, keep it that way.
