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Bbit 314 - Human Computer Interaction

The document is an exam for a Human Computer Interaction course containing multiple questions: 1) It asks students to define goals of HCI, its components, and how it relates to disciplines like ergonomics and psychology. 2) Questions discuss concepts like affordances, visibility and usability that influence design. It also asks why considering user capabilities is important for interaction design. 3) Later questions cover topics like Fitts' law in interaction styles, strategies for focusing user attention, interface metaphors and mental models in HCI, and pillars of the interface design process.

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Bbit 314 - Human Computer Interaction

The document is an exam for a Human Computer Interaction course containing multiple questions: 1) It asks students to define goals of HCI, its components, and how it relates to disciplines like ergonomics and psychology. 2) Questions discuss concepts like affordances, visibility and usability that influence design. It also asks why considering user capabilities is important for interaction design. 3) Later questions cover topics like Fitts' law in interaction styles, strategies for focusing user attention, interface metaphors and mental models in HCI, and pillars of the interface design process.

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KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 EXAMINATION FACULTY DEPARTMENT UNIT CODE UNIT TITLE TIME : : : : : COMPUTING & INFORMATICS COMPUTER SCIENCE & BUSINESS INFORMATION BBIT 314 HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS Answer question one (compulsory) and any other two questions. Question One a. State any three goals of HCI. b. Describe the three components that constituent HCI c. Explain how HCI is related to the following disciplines i) ii) iii) i) ii) iii) Ergonomics Psychology Computer science Affordance Visibility Usability (3 marks) (3 marks) (3 marks) (3 Marks) (3 marks) (3 marks) (3 marks) (3 marks) (6 Marks)

d. Discuss how the following concepts influence design in HCI

e. It is important when designing an interaction style to take into account user capability. Why is this important? Explain.

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Question Two a. Discuss how Fitts law can be applied towards building an interaction style. (5 marks) b. Outline strategies that can be used to focus user attention to important objects on an interface system. interface design? Question Three a. (i) What is meant by an interface metaphor? (ii) How can metaphors be used to enhance user experience? b. What problems are associated with the use of metaphors? (2 marks) (4 marks) (6 Marks) (4 marks) (ii) How can the two golfs in (i) above be bridged? Question Four a. Explain the relevance of the following mental model to HCI i) ii) Structural Functional (3 marks) (3 marks) (6 marks) (8 Marks) (4 marks) (6 marks) (9 marks) c. How does human cognition contribute towards the development of an

c. (i)Explain the concepts of golf of evaluation and golf of execution.

b. Discuss important issues that are designer must address, to clearly understand the problem space. c. Explain the four pillars of the interface design process.

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