Bit 2305: Human Computer Interface Question Paper
Bit 2305: Human Computer Interface
Course:Bachelor Of Business Information Technology
Institution: Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology question papers
Exam Year:2012
JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2012/2013
STAGE III SEMESTER I EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 2305: HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
DATE: DECEMBER 2012 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY) AND ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS
QUESTION ONE
a) In evaluating system design you are required to focus on what users do not want. What five things are at the top of the things that users do not want? (5 marks)
b) What are the 21st century HCI requirements? (4 marks)
c) State four characteristics of an ideal website interface (4 marks)
d) Explain any two functional design dimensions, which identify the requirements for a user interface system that must affect its structure (4 marks)
e) Explain why standards are more suitable for hardware than software (3 marks)
f) Outline any five roles of prototype in the design of usable interfaces. (5 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Discuss any four principles that one used in user interface design. (8marks)
b) What are the roles of multimedia in a human- centered system? (5 marks)
c) What does human information processing focus on? ( 5 marks)
d) Differentiate between formative and summative evalutions. (2 marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) A company wants to hire you as an HCI consultant expert in connection with the public information systems about transport in Nairobi.
(i) They have a version nearly working, and hope you can look at it quickly, so they can release it. What is wrong with this suggestion? (2 marks)
(ii) Provided you can get them to agree to a sensible plan of work, what would you suggest to them? (2 marks)
(iii) Outline what tests you would do, and how your work should interact with their team’s work. (4 marks)
b) (i) What is standard contextual design? (1 mark)
(ii) What does standard contextual design involve? (4 marks)
c) Compare command language interfaces to direct manipulation interfaces with respect to compactness, speed of performance and learnability. (7 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) Briefly describe the differences between novices who are frequent users and experts who are infrequent users of an interactive system. (4 marks)
b) Compare and contrast controlled physiological experiments and usability test in evaluation process of user interfaces with respect to four points of your choice. (4 marks)
c) Think aloud or “verbal” protocol is a way of getting extra information during an observation or recording of an evaluation. Here, users are encouraged to speak their thoughts as they go about the evaluation task. What kind of information will an evaluator discover using this method? (4 marks)
d) Explain briefly any four usability inspection methods. (4 marks)
e) Users have different requirements for support at different times. State any four styles that user support comes in.( 4 marks)
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