CS6008 - Hci MCQ
CS6008 - Hci MCQ
CS6008 - Hci MCQ
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
COIMBATORE
2. A directory, unlike a search engine, is organized by __________ who discover new sites
and relevant information by exploring the web themselves.
a. restaurants
b. computers
c. humans
d. grocery stores
5. The definition of computer and computing has changed over time and will continue
to change.
a. True
b. False
7. Which of the following is the correct way to search for an exact phrase
a. Exact: (new york city)
b. (new york city)
c. +new york city
d. "new york city"
8. Which is the easiest way to get a list of definitions for a word, such as technology?
a. technology
b. Define: techology
c. Definitions: technology
d. What is technology
11. A WHOLE website address is known as this. It also stands for URL
a. Uniform Resource Locator
b. Unfiltered Regular Location
c. Undone Resource Locator
d. Uniform Regular Lost site
12. A unique set of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer using
the internet
a. IP address
b. WWW
c. URL
d. domain name
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13. An online tool that helps users of the world wide web find the sites and information
they are looking for.
a. location services
b. domains
c. search engines
d. URL
19. The programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation
giving instructions on how to use them
a. Software
b. Hardware
c. Peripherals
d. Food
20. The more hits you get when doing a search, the better!
a. True
b. False
21. Directories SHOULD result in more credible sites.
a. True
b. False
23. A computer device, such as a keyboard or printer, that is not part of the essential
computer
a. CPU
b. Software
c. Hardware
d. Peripherals
24. The part of the a computer system that is commonly referred to as the "brains" of
the computer
a. CPU
b. Hardware
c. Software
d. Peripherals
25. The reason why it is important to check the reliability of a website is because:
a. There isn't always someone to evaluate and validate all sites posted on the web.
b. Websites can be written by anyone on any subject whether the person is an expert in
the subject or not.
c. Not everything posted on the web is true or accurate.
d. All of the above.
26. You can determine whether a website is reliable by looking at the author. You may
find that a site is reliable if the author:
a. Is an expert in the subject.
b. Has links to several unidentifiable sites or organizations.
c. Has a short description of his/her background.
d. Has many advertisements on his/her website.
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27. Many reliable websites will have:
a. A slow loading rate.
b. Search tips and a help link.
c. Difficulty navigating to a selected link.
d. Organizational issues.
28. Websites that are forums and allows for personal opinions should always be seen as
a good source for information about controversial topics.
a. True
b. False
29. An indication that a website may not be reliable is if it has many broken links.
a. True
b. False
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UNIT II & III
1. . _____________are unintentional while_____________ occur through conscious
deliberation.
a. Slips, mistakes
b. Errors slips
c. Mistakes, errors
d. Mistakes, slips
2. What is the main strength of the Problem Space Framework as a model of human
problem solving?
a. It operates within the constraints of the human processing system
b. It explains what is involved in insight
c. It allows ill-defined problems to be solved
d. None of these
3. ___________ is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from
the range of possibilities available.
a. Perception and recognition
b. Attention
c. Learning
d. None of these
5. The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected by it and its use
refers to _______ persona
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Served
d. Negative
6. _________ is a powerful, multipurpose design tool that helps overcome several problems
that currently plague the development of digital products.
a. Scenario
b. Persona
c. Prototype
8. Attention is the process of selecting things to concentrate on, at a point in time, from the
range of
a. Possibilities available
b. Time Available
c. None of these
9. The goals of HCI are:
a. Usability and User Experience
b. Learn ability and Comfort
c. Tasks and Goals
10. ____________ is proportional to the amplitude of the sound.
a. Pitch
b. Loudness
c. Timber
11. Persona is not context specific, so it can be reused easily.
a. True
b. False
12. __________ are individual and isolated regions within display that can be selected
by the user to invoke specific operations.
a. Buttons
b. Pointers
c. Menus
d. Windows
13. User personas that are not primary or secondary are ____________ personas.
a. Served
b. Negative
c. Customer
d. Supplemental
14. Which of the following is the comparison of what happened in the world with what
we wanted to happen?
a. Action
b. Evaluation
c. Execution
d. None of these
15. The size and shape of a compact disk, is a type of _____________ constraint.
a. Physical
b. Logical
c. Cultural
d. None of these
16. _____________ Research can tell you about what, how, many and why in rich,
multivariate detail.
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. SME
d. None of these
17. Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one of the
usability goals?
a. It is a very general goal and refers to how good a system at doing what it is suppose
to do.
b. It refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
c. It involves protecting the users from dangerous conditions
d. It involves protecting the users from undesired situations
19. Which of the following device can not be useful for a visually impaired person?
a. a typical keyboard
b. a typical monitor
c. a typical speaker
d. a typical processor
20. Which of the following requires less cognitive effort than others?
a. Listening
b. Speaking
c. Hearing
d. None of the given
23. Which of the following does not count as one of the advantages of computers?
a. Computers are enabling new discoveries
b. Leading to efficiencies
c. Making our life convenient
d. Depending so much on computers may give fatal results
25. Learnability, flexibility and robustness are three main usability principles that can be
considered as general headings for standards and guidelines generation. Which of the
following are also high level usability categories that can guide standards and
guidelines generation? (i) Effectiveness (ii) Efficiency (iii) Fault tolerance (iv)
Satisfaction...Select correct option:
a. (i)& (ii)
b. (i), (ii) & (iv)
c. (ii) & (iii)
d. (ii) & (iv)
28. Which of the given statements correctly defines effectiveness in terms of one of the
usability goals?
a. It is a very general goal and refers to how good a system at doing what it is
supposed to do.
b. It refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
c. It involves protecting the users from dangerous conditions
d. It involves protecting the users from undesired situations
30. Which of the following is concerned primarily with understanding human behavior
and the mental processes that underlie it?
a. Psychology
b. Sociology
c. Statistics
d. Computer Science
34. Visually impaired persons can interact with outside world using their
a. Sense of sight
b. Sense of hearing
c. Both sense of touch and sense of hearing
d. Sense of touch
36. __________ refers to the relationship between controls and their effects in the world.
a. Visibility
b. Affordance
c. Mapping
37. _________________ plays a role to bridge up the gap between the interfaces of
machines and human understanding.
a. Human computer Interaction
b. Software Engineering
c. Human Computer Interfaces
38. ___________ is a very general goal of Usability and refers to how good a system at
doing what it is suppose to do.
a. Effectiveness
b. Efficiency
c. Utility
39. _________________is what goes on in out heads when we carry out our everyday
activities?
a. Cognition
b. Learnability
c. Memeorability
40. _______________ is the process by which we use the knowledge we have to draw
conclusions or infer something new about the domain of interest.
a. Decision Making
b. Reasoning
c. Problem Solving
42. In an organization individuals may keep their own records, or there may be local
gurus. This statement concerns with ____________.
a. Paper work and computer work
b. Spatial and temporal organizations
c. Organizational memory
d. None of these
43. Using icons on the desktop to represent operations is a type of ________ constraint.
a. Physical
b. Logical
c. Cultural
d. None of these
44. ____________ is a term used to refer to an attribute of an object that allows people
to know how to use it.
a. Visibility
b. Affordance
c. Constraint
d. None of these
46. Which of the following is proportional to the amplitude of the sound; the frequency
remains constant?
a. Pitch
b. Loudness
c. Timber
d. None of these
47. __________ plays a role to bridge up the gape between the interfaces of machines
and human understanding.
a. Human
b. Computer
c. Human Computer Interaction
d. None of these
48. The persona’s needs are sufficiently unique to require a distinct interface form and
behavior is _____________ type of Persona.
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Supplement
d. Negative
49. A _________is usually a collection of icons those are reminiscent of the purpose of
the various modes.
a. Button
b. Pointer
c. Palette
d. Title bar
50. The persona is not an actual user of the product, but is indirectly affected by it and
its use refers to _______ persona
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Served
d. Negative
51. During _____________ phase, usage and workflow patterns discovered through
_____________.
a. Modeling, analysis
b. Analysis, modeling
c. Testing, modeling
d. Testing, Analysis
52. Waterfall model is basically a _________ model in which each step must be
completed before the next step can be started:
a. Incremental
b. Linear
c. Iterative
d. Analytical
55. Which are the most significant senses for the average person when it comes to
interacting with a computer?
a. Sight and hearing
b. Hearing, touch and smell
c. Hearing and touch
d. Sight, hearing and touch
56. _________ refers to the way a system supports users in carrying out their tasks.
a. Efficiency
b. Effectiveness
c. Utility
57. _____________ are GUIs that consists of electronic counterparts to physical objects
in the real world to match the knowledge requirements of users.
a. User Interaction Models
b. Conceptual Models
c. Interface Metaphors
59. Aspect gives us hints and tips about using and creating user interface idioms.
a. Strategic
b. Tactical
c. None of the given choices
61. Ali wants to develop an application that incorporates print, audio video media and
software applications on a single place. Which of the following will help in this regard?
a. MS World
b. Worldwide Web
c. Television Newspaper
62. Ali is looking at how interface designers went about their work. He identified two
different modes of activity: one is _________ and other is ___________.
a. Analytic mode, synthetic mode
b. Evaluation mode, testing mode
c. Analyze mode, feedback mode
d. Implementation mode, task mode
63. Scenario content and context are derived from information gathered during the
____________ phase and analyzed during the ______________ phase (respectively).
a. Modeling, Implementation
b. Modeling, Research
c. Research, Implementation
d. Research, Modeling
64. Ali requires access via a navigational portal relatively infrequently that provides
clear, simple navigational control. Which of the following posture is appropriate in this
case?
a. Auxiliary
b. Transient
c. Information
d. Sovereign
65. ___________ are dragged down from the title at the top of the screen.
a. Pull Down Menus
b. Main Menus
c. Icons
d. Buttons
66. When you engaged in a conversation you are more attentive what the other person is
saying. It is called?
a. Focused Attention
b. Voluntary Attention
c. Involuntary attention
d. Divided Attention
67. Drive a vehicle while holding a conversation with a passenger is the example of
_________ .
a. Focused Attention
b. Voluntary Attention
c. Involuntary attention
d. Divided Attention
70. ________ represent the user’s expectations of the tangible outcomes of using a
specific product.
a. Non-user goals
b. End goals
c. Experience goals
d. Life goals
72. In an email application configuring a new email server is a key path activity.
a. True
b. False
73. _____________ are perhaps the least-documented patterns, but they are nonetheless
in widespread use.
a. Postural
b. Structural
c. Behavioural
d. Mnemonic
74. The way people carry out an activity in the real world is same as how it may be
observed in the laboratory
a. True
b. False
76. Exploring how children talk together in order to see if an innovative new groupware
product would help them to be more engaged would probably be better informed by a
______________.
a. Usability testing
b. Field study
c. Predictive evaluation
d. DECIDE framework
77. Beneath the surface is the _____________ of the site: the placement of buttons, tabs,
photos, and blocks of text.
a. Surface
b. Structure
c. Skeleton
d. Scope
78. Roughly _____________ percent of the male population has some degree of color
blindness.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
79. __________ are individual and isolated regions within display that can be selected
by the user to invoke specific operations.
a. Buttons
b. Pointers
c. Menus
d. Windows
80. The __________ function came into being as the result of the implementation model
for undo
a. Redo
b. Undo
c. Repeat
d. Delete
81. Design of user interfaces does not entirely ___________ aesthetic concerns, but
rather it places such' concerns within the constraints of a _____________ framework.
a. Include, Functional
b. Exclude, Functional
c. Include, Non-Functional
d. Exclude, Non-Functional
85. Evaluations done during design to check that product continues to meet users’ needs
are known as _____________ evaluation.
a. Formative
b. Summative
c. Relative
d. None of the given
86. ____________ frequent your primary personas access the site, _____________
transient a stance the site needs to take (respectively).
a. More, Less
b. Less, more
c. Less, less
d. None of the given
87. In an organization individuals may keep their own records, or there may be local
gurus. This statement concerns with ____________.
a. Paper work and computer work
b. Spatial and temporal organizations
c. Organizational memory
d. None of these
88. Currently many common environments for interactive computing are examples of
the ______________ interface style, often simply called windowing systems.
a. Three-dimensional
b. WIMP
c. Point and click
d. None of these
UNIT IV & V
2. To make your website mobile friendly, you can make your website
a) Responsive
b) Reactive
c) Fast Loading
d) Light
5. What is WordPress
a) Power Point
b) Excel
c) Dream Weaver
d) ERP
a) WordPress
b) Drupal
c) Magneto
d) SAP
a) Hostgator
b) Blue Host
c) WPX Hosting
d) Facebook
a) The web designer shouldn’t just be concerned about the looks but also about user
interface
b) Usability is very important in web design
c) a and b
d) None of the above
22. Which of the following is not a good state for using video clips?
a. Supplementing static, printed output
b. Distance collaboration
c. Tracking activities of employees
d. Providing brief training episodes that are job specific
26. Which of the following is not a factor to consider when choosing output technology? a.
Number of output pages
b. How many people need the output
c. Purpose of the output
d. How frequently the output will be accessed
28. Which of the following does not focus on avoiding bias in the design of output?
a. Awareness of the sources of bias
b. Creating interactive design of output during prototyping
c. Creating output that is flexible and allows users to modify limits
d. Train selective users
30.In designing graphical output, the systems analyst and users must determine:
a. The kind of data that need to be displayed.
b. Its audience.
c. The effects on the audience of different kinds of graphical output.
d. All of the above.
31.The tools that cannot guide you in designing Web sites are:
a. Professional tools.
b. Study other Web sites.
c. Consult the books.
d. Number of graphics used.
32.A Web site has a high degree of ________ if the user stays at the site for a long period of
time.
a. Stickiness
b. Branching
c. Monotony
d. News
34. To which of the following is a cascading style sheet used to transform an XML
document?
a. A handheld device
b. Printed output
c. Screen output
d. All of the above.
35. Ajax uses _____ to obtain small amounts of data, either plain text or XML:
a. JavaScript and XML
b. ASP
c. VBScript
d. Ada
37. Which of the following is not one of the seven sections of a good form?
a. Heading
b. Bookmark
c. Identification and access
d. Instructions
41. Which of the following is not a basic duty for controlling forms?
a. Making sure that each form in use fulfills its specific purpose.
b. Designing effective forms.
c. Deciding on how to reproduce form in the most economical way.
d. Restricting the availability of forms.
42. Which of the following is not a guideline to keep in mind for a good display screen? a.
Keep the display simple.
b. Keep the display presentation consistent.
c. Facilitate user movement among display screens.
d. Overuse animation.
43. For the occasional user, only ______% of the display screen should contain useful
information.
a. 65
b. 90
c. 10
d. 50
45. To make the screen more attractive, systems analysts may not use:
a. Different thicknesses of separation lines between subcategories.
b. Inverse video and blinking.
c. Different combinations of colors and different types of fonts.
d. Graphics serving as a distraction.
46. Which one of the following is not a graphical interface design element to be used on a
Web site?
a. Rectangle
b. Check box
c. Circle or radio button
d. None of the above.
47. Which of the following is used to select data that is mutually exclusive?
a. Drop-down list box
b. Text box
c. Spin button
d. Option button
48. Which of the following is used to select data that have a continuous range of values,
giving users more control when selecting values
a. Radio button
b. Sliders
c. Drop-down list box
d. Check box
50. Which of the following controls, which is not visible to the viewer, is found on a Web
form?
a. Hidden field
b. List box
c. Radio button
d. Command button
51. A(n) _________________ chart may be used to list the variety of events on a Web form.
a. event-response
b. pie
c. stacked-bar
d. 3-D bar
53. Which of the following should be included with a tab control dialog box?
a. OK
b. Cancel
c. Help
d. All of the above.
54. Which of the following guidelines does not apply to a tab control box?
a. These buttons are not hyperlinked to items.
b. Create a separate tab for each unique feature.
c. Place the most commonly used tab in front.
d. Include the buttons: OK, Cancel, and Help.
55. Which of the following is not one of the top five most legible combinations of
foreground lettering on a background?
a. Black on yellow
b. Green on white
c. Blue on black
d. White on blue
56. The situations where color may be useful in screen design are:
a. To contrast foreground and background black.
b. To highlight important fields and data.
c. To point out errors.
d. All of the above.
57..Which of the following guidelines is not used for Web-based fill-in forms:
a. Provide clear instructions.
b. Use a variety of text boxes, push buttons, drop-down lists and other GUI features.
c. Provide a scrolling text box if you are uncertain how much text will be entered.
d. Exclude "Submit" and "Clear" buttons.DE ANSWER