Deck 2: Human-Computer Interaction and Software Development Models

Question 1

For a product to be successful, it must be:

A)Useful by humans
B)Usable by humans
C)Used by humans
D)All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

____ derives the logically necessary conclusion from the given premises.

A)Deductive reasoning
B)Inductive reasoning
C)Abductive reasoning
D)Reasoning

Answer 2

Deductive reasoning

Question 3

____ is generalizing from cases we have seen to infer information about cases we have not seen.

A)Deductive reasoning
B)Inductive reasoning
C)Abductive reasoning
D)Reasoning

Answer 3

Inductive reasoning

Question 4

____ is the method we use to derive explanations for the events we observe.

A)Deductive reasoning
B)Inductive reasoning
C)Abductive reasoning
D)Reasoning

Question 5

What is a semantic network?

A)A model of short-term memory
B)A model of long-term memory
C)A model of physical memory
D)A model of short and long-term memory

Question 6

What does ASCII stand for?

A)American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B)American Scientific Code for Information Interchange
C)American Scientific Code for Interchanging Information
D)American Standard Code for Interchanging Information

Question 7

Statement 1 Speech technology is a small area of commercial interest. Statement 2 Courier is a fixed-pitch font.

A)Only Statement 1 is True
B)Only Statement 2 is True
C)Both statements are True
D)Both statements are False

Question 8

Statement 1 Fitts' Law uses the formula movement time = a + b log2 (distance/size + 1) where a and b are empirically determined constants. Statement 2 Studies of keyboard operators have shown that, although the faster operators were up to twice as fast as the others, the slower ones made 10 times the errors.

A)Only Statement 1 is True
B)Only Statement 2 is True
C)Both statements are True
D)Both statements are False

Question 9

Statement 1 Recognition is easier than recall. Statement 2 The main strength of the Problem Space Framework as a model of human problem solving is that it allows ill-defined problems to be solved.

A)Only Statement 1 is True
B)Only Statement 2 is True
C)Both statements are True
D)Both statements are False

Question 10

Statement 1 The fovea of the human eye is just behind the cornea. Statement 2 The blind spot of the eye is just under the lens.

A)Only Statement 1 is True
B)Only Statement 2 is True
C)Both statements are True
D)Both statements are False

Question 11

The term human-computer interaction has only been in widespread use since the early

A)2000s
B)1950s
C)1970s
D)1980s

Question 12

Which of the following is a long-term individual difference?

A)Weight
B)Color
C)Sex
D)Height

Question 13

Which of the following are important in the design focus of HCI?

A)Thinking of the user
B)Testing the HCI
C)Involving the users
D)All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following are examples of paradigms for interaction?

A)Personal computing
B)Hypertext
C)Multi-modality
D)All of the above

Question 15

You receive an email message, and a flag immediately appears in your electronic mailbox to indicate that you have a new message. This is an example of:

A)Persistence
B)Guidance
C)Existence
D)None of the above

Question 16

If requirements are easily understandable and defined then which model is best suited?

A)Spiral model
B)Waterfall model
C)Prototyping model
D)None of the above

Question 17

Which of these describes stepwise refinement?

A)Nicklaus Wirth described the first software engineering method as stepwise refinement
B)Stepwise refinement follows its existence from 1971
C)It is a top down approach
D)All of the mentioned

Question 18

What is followed by the design task?

A)Choosing specific classes, operations
B)Checking model's completeness
C)Following design task heuristics
D)All of the mentioned

Question 19

Design phase is followed by ______ .

A)Coding
B)Testing
C)Maintenance
D)None of the above.

Question 20

Where is the prototyping model of software development well suited?

A)When requirements are well defined.
B)For projects with large development teams.
C)When a customer cannot define requirements clearly.
D)None of the above.

Question 21

Project risk factor is considered in which model?

A)Spiral model.
B)Waterfall model.
C)Prototyping model
D)None of the above.

Question 22

What is the meaning of requirement elicitation in software engineering?

A)Gathering of requirement.
B)Understanding of requirement.
C)Getting the requirements from client.
D)All of the above.

Question 23

Selection of a model is based on

A)Requirements
B)Development team & Users
C)Project type and associated risk
D)All of the mentioned

Question 24

Which two models doesn't allow defining requirements early in the cycle?

A)Waterfall & RAD
B)Prototyping & Spiral
C)Prototyping & RAD
D)Waterfall & Spiral

Question 25

Which of the following life cycle model can be chosen if the development team has less experience on similar projects?

A)Spiral
B)Waterfall
C)RAD
D)Iterative Enhancement Model