Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Flashcards
What is the meaning of HCI?
Human Computer Interaction
This is discipline concerned with the design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena around them.
Human Computer Interaction
This is a set of processes, dialogues, and actions through which human user employs and interacts with the computer.
Human Computer Interaction
True or False:
Computers are part of our daily lives. Our life is affected in way be computing
True
True or False:
HCI is an important factor wen designing any of these interfaces.
True
True or False:
HCI principles should be consulted and considered to ensure safe, usable and efficient interface.
True
True or False:
HCI is not important consideration for any business that uses computers in their everyday operations.
False (It is important)
True or False:
Well-designed usable systems ensure that staff are not frustrated during their work and as a result are more content and productive.
True
True or False:
HCI is not important in the design of safety critical system
False (it is especially Important)
What are the examples that proves HCI is important in the design of safety critical system?
- Power Plants
- Air Control Centers
What can be the outcome when there are Design errors?
Possibly resulting in the death of many people.
True or False:
HCI is key consideration when designing systems that are not only usable, but also accessible to people with disabilities.
True
True or False:
HCI does not provide safe, usable, and efficient system for everyone.
False
True or False:
Any system properly designed with HCI user-centered techniques and principle will also be maximally accessible to those with disabilities.
True
True or False:
HCI principles and techniques is also very high priority for software development companies.
True
True or False:
If software is usable and causes frustration, no person will use the program by choice.
True
True or False:
A lot of computer users actually read the manual accompanying the software.
False (There are only very few computer users who read the manual)
True or False:
Computer users expect to understand the main functionality of an average program.
True
True or False:
HCI provides designers with the principles, techniques, and tools necessary to design effective interfaces that are obvious and easy to use and do not require training.
True
What are the things that shows the Importance of Human Computer Interaction?
- In our daily life
- In business and industry
- Accessibility
- Software Success
- Untrained Users
This importance when it comes to Human Computer Interaction is that computers are part of our daily lives and our live is affected in way by computing.
In our daily life
This importance when it comes to Human Computer Interaction is that HCI is an important consideration for any business that uses computers in their everyday operation.
In business and industry
This importance when it comes to Human Computer Interaction is that HCI is key consideration when designing systems that are not only usable, but also accessible to people with dissabilities.
Accessibility
This importance when it comes to Human Computer Interaction is that Good use of HCI principle and techniques is not only important for the end-user, but also is a very high priority for software development companies.
Software Success
This importance when it comes to Human Computer Interaction is that today, very few computer users actually read the manual accompanying the software, if one exists. Only very specialized and advanced program required training and an extensive manual.
Untrained Users
This implication of HCI Economy talks about machines that can now work constantly without having a break and this leads to improving productivity.
Increase Autiomation
This implication of HCI Economy talks about High technology devices can read date automatically making much easier, quicker, more accurate and reducing complexity than manual inputs.
Quicker and accurate inputs
This implication of HCI Economy talks about shopping online is more convenient for user since they can purchase whatever they want without needing to leave their home.
Shop at Ease
This implication of HCI Economy talks about allowing different companies to make a deal or talk about the business over the internet.
Mobile Communication
This implication of HCI Economy talks about technologies like voice input, text to speech and thought input helps disable people to interact with the computer more efficiently and that affect to economy.
Specialized Interfaces
What are the Implication of HCI Economy?
- Increase Automation
- Quicker and Accurate Inputs
- Shop at Ease
- Mobile Communication
- Specialized Interfaces
This Implication of HCI in Society talks about the way we communication is no longer limited to letters or face to face. Mobile technology has enabled people to communicate to anyone, anywhere, whenever they want.
Ease of Communication
This Implication of HCI in Society talks about the latest electronics devices make sure the input and output process are as simple and easy for the users as possible.
Improved Usability
This Implication of HCI in Society talks about High Technology devices allow people with disabilities to help themselves without much help from anyone.
Specialized Interface
True or False:
Mobile Technology has enabled people to communicate to anyone, anywhere, whenever they want.
True
What are the examples of user friendly devices?
- Touch Screens
- Voice Recognition
- Motion Sensing Controller
What are the Implication of HCI in Society?
- Ease of Communication
- Improved Usability
- Specialized Interface
This Implication of HCI in Culture talks about everyone gets a chance to learn about other cultures and traditions.
Improved Social Aspect
This Implication of HCI in Culture talks about computers and smartphones can now help to translate other languages just typing or saying words.
Minimized Language Barriers
This Implication of HCI in Culture talks about enabling people to communicate without having to be connected to something by a wire.
Developing Living Standards
This Implication of HCI in Culture talks about work is when one’s job is replaced with a machine
Deskilling
What are the Implication of HCI in Culture?
- Improved Social Aspect
- Minimized Language Barriers
- Developing Living Standards
- Deskilling
This advantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about technology advances allow people find a more efficient way of doing things and these processes deliver positive results.
Discoveries in all Industries
This advantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about that technology is possible to improve processes and execute new ways of carrying out tasks
Cost Efficiency
This advantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about the access to relevant information anytime, anywhere has become common place.
Easy to access information
This advantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about communication is like water for life, we cannot develop without communication.
Better Communication
This advantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about modern transportation technologies make it very easy to travel over long distances.
Improvement in way of travelling
What are the advantages of Human Computer Interaction?
- Discoveries in all industries
- Easy to access information
- better Communication
- Cost Efficiency
- Improvement in way of travelling
This disadvantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about modern technologies has been the great ally in the increase and permanence of many ways and conflicts. Technology helps in the manufacture of modern war weapons that require testing.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
This disadvantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about people spending more time playing, video games, learning how to use modern technologies using social networks and surfing the internet, ignoring their real lives.
Social Isolation
This disadvantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about people begin to rely more on computers and other forms of technology for their daily existence.
Dependency
This disadvantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about technology advances in industries and jobs, human workers have less value.
Lower-value of human workers
This disadvantage of Human Computer Interaction talks about increased dependence on modern tools, such as calculators, has reduced creativity.
Reduction of Creativity and change in reasoning
This is an independent, non- governmental, international organization that develops standards to ensure the quality , safety, and efficiency of products, services, and systems.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
This is the quality model established in the first part of the standard that classifies software quality in a structured set of characteristics.
ISO Usability Standard 9241
What are the Six Characteristics that is mentioned in the ISO Usability Standard 9241?
- Functionality
- Reliability
- Usability
- Efficiency
- Maintainability
- Portability
This characteristic is a set of attributes that bear on the existence of a set of function and their specified properties.
Functionality
This characteristic is a set if attributes that bear on the capability of software to maintain its level of performance under stated conditions for a stated period of time
Reliability
This characteristic is a set of attributes that bear on the effort needed for use, and on the individual assessment of such use, by a stated or implied set of users
Usability
This characteristic is is a set of attributes that bear on the relationship between the level of performance of the software and the amount of resources used, under stated conditions
Efficiency
This characteristic is a set of attributes that bear on the effort needed to make specified modifications
Maintainability
This characteristic is a set of attributes that bear on the ability of software to be transferred from one environment to another.
Portability
What are the disadvantages of human computer interaction
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Social Isolation
- Dependency
- Lower-value of human workers
- Reduction of creativity and change in reasoning
This talks about interaction with a computer, the human input is the data output by the computer vice versa.
Input-Output Channels
What are the most important senses in HCI?
Vision
Hearing
Touch
Movement
This is used to store information which is only required fleetingly. It can also be accessed rapidly, however also decays immediately
Short-term memory
This has an unlimited capacity, a slow access time and forgetting occurs more slowly or not at all.
Long-Term memory
There are two types of Long Term Memory, what are they?
- Episodic Memory
- Semantic Memory
This represents our memory of event and experiences in a serial form.
Episodic memory
This is structured record of facts, concepts, and skills that we have acquired, derived from the episodic memory
Semantic Memory