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Question 1

What is conceptualizing design?

Answer 1

It is the process of defining what a proposed product will do and how it will function.

Question 2

Why is it important to conceptualize design?

Answer 2

To examine vague ideas, assumptions, and feasibility of a product before development.

Question 3

What are some key considerations when conceptualizing a new product?

Answer 3

Realistic development, desirability, usefulness, and addressing unknowns.

Question 4

What is an example of a conceptual design in restaurants?

Answer 4

A mobile robot server that takes orders and delivers meals.

Question 5

What are assumptions in design?

Answer 5

Statements taken for granted without thorough investigation.

Question 6

What is a claim in design?

Answer 6

A statement presented as truth but is still open to questioning.

Question 7

Why should designers document assumptions and claims?

Answer 7

To validate them through research, usability testing, and evaluation.

Question 8

What is an example of a design assumption?

Answer 8

The robot will entertain customers by having conversations.

Question 9

What is an example of a claim in design?

Answer 9

A robot waiter will increase restaurant revenue by attracting more customers.

Question 10

What is a poor assumption?

Answer 10

An assumption that is vague, unrealistic, or difficult to articulate.

Question 11

What framework helps analyze the problem space?

Answer 11

Identifying existing problems, causes, potential solutions, and impact on user experience.

Question 12

What were the main assumptions behind 3D TV?

Answer 12

People would enjoy enhanced clarity and would be willing to pay more for the experience.

Question 13

What are the benefits of conceptualizing design?

Answer 13

It provides orientation, promotes open-mindedness, and establishes common ground.

Question 14

What is a conceptual model?

Answer 14

A high-level description of how a system is organized and operates.

Question 15

What is the purpose of a conceptual model?

Answer 15

To clarify design thinking before implementation.

Question 16

What are the components of a conceptual model?

Answer 16

Metaphors, concepts, relationships, and mappings.

Question 17

What are interface metaphors?

Answer 17

Familiar real-world concepts used to help users understand digital interfaces.

Question 18

What is an example of an interface metaphor?

Answer 18

The desktop metaphor in computer interfaces.

Question 19

How do interface metaphors help users?

Answer 19

They exploit familiar knowledge to help users understand new systems.

Question 20

What is a common example of a card metaphor in UI?

Answer 20

Online shopping carts.

Question 21

What are the benefits of interface metaphors?

Answer 21

They make learning new systems easier and increase accessibility.

Question 22

What is a potential problem with interface metaphors?

Answer 22

They can constrain design thinking and break conventional rules.

Question 23

What are the five types of interaction?

Answer 23

Instructing, conversing, manipulating, exploring, and responding.

Question 24

What is instructing in interaction design?

Answer 24

Issuing commands or selecting options, like printing a file.

Question 25

What is conversing in interaction design?

Answer 25

Interacting as if having a conversation, like chatbots.

Question 26

What is manipulating in interaction design?

Answer 26

Directly interacting with objects, like dragging and zooming.

Question 27

What is exploring in interaction design?

Answer 27

Moving through virtual or physical environments.

Question 28

What is responding in interaction design?

Answer 28

The system initiates interaction, and the user decides how to respond.

Question 29

What are the benefits of direct manipulation?

Answer 29

Quick learning, efficient task completion, and minimal errors.

Question 30

What are the drawbacks of direct manipulation?

Answer 30

Some tasks cannot be represented as objects and may require too much screen space.

Question 31

What is an example of an exploring interaction?

Answer 31

Using Google 3D objects to place virtual animals in a real space.

Question 32

What is a hybrid conceptual model?

Answer 32

A design combining multiple interaction types.

Question 33

What is the difference between interaction type and interface style?

Answer 33

Interaction type describes the action, while interface style describes how it is presented.

Question 34

What are examples of interface styles?

Answer 34

Command, speech, gesture, graphical, and augmented reality.

Question 35

What is a paradigm in HCI?

Answer 35

A shared approach or framework for research and design.

Question 36

What are examples of HCI paradigms?

Answer 36

Ubiquitous computing, wearable computing, IoT, and human-centered AI.

Question 37

What societal challenges influence HCI?

Answer 37

Sustainability, accessibility, and privacy concerns.

Question 38

What are technology visions?

Answer 38

Predictions of future advancements, like smart cities.

Question 39

What ethical questions do technology visions raise?

Answer 39

Privacy, security, and user control.

Question 40

What is a theory in HCI?

Answer 40

An explanation of how users interact with technology.

Question 41

How does theory help HCI design?

Answer 41

It guides evaluation, predicts user behavior, and informs design.

Question 42

What is an example of a predictive model in HCI?

Answer 42

Don Norman’s Seven Stages of Action.

Question 43

What is a framework in HCI?

Answer 43

A set of concepts or guidelines for designing and evaluating user experiences.

Question 44

What are some forms of design frameworks?

Answer 44

Steps, questions, concepts, and principles.

Question 45

What are the three components of Don Norman’s framework?

Answer 45

Designer’s Model, System Image, and User’s Model.

Question 46

What is the Designer’s Model in Don Norman’s framework?

Answer 46

How the designer envisions the system working.

Question 47

What is the System Image in Don Norman’s framework?

Answer 47

How the system actually behaves and presents itself.

Question 48

What is the User’s Model in Don Norman’s framework?

Answer 48

How the user perceives and understands the system.

Question 49

Why is understanding the problem space important?

Answer 49

It informs the design space and improves user experience.

Question 50

How can interaction types improve usability?

Answer 50

By matching user activities with appropriate interaction styles.