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    0801/158.

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    MASSEY UNIVERSITY
    PALMERSTON NORTH CAMPUS

    EXAMINATION FOR
    158.359 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

    Semester One – June 2008

    Time allowed: THREE (3) hours

    This exam consists of FOUR (4) questions.

    Students are required to answer ALL FOUR (4) questions.

    Marks are shown in brackets, e.g. [5 marks]

    THIS IS A CLOSED BOOK EXAMINATION

    CALCULATORS ARE NOT PERMITTED

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    Question 1

    (a) Which of the following are interface metaphors?

    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Desktop
    Monitor
    Button
    Spreadsheet
    Pixel
    Window
    Touchscreen
    Recycling bin
    The Times Roman font
    For loop
    [5 marks]

    (b) Discuss the statement "Perception trumps cognition" from the point of view of
    computer interfaces, citing at least two examples in support of your argument,
    including an explanation of why those examples support your argument.
    [5 marks]

    (c) It's been said that the human mind can remember 7 �2 chinks of information. Discuss
    the truth of this statement, and cite two situations in which it has been misused in the
    design of computer interfaces.
    [5 marks]

    (d) You've been working for an IT company for a few years, and the product you designed
    and implemented has been so successful, and is bringing in so much money that you
    have been given a free hand, and effectively unlimited budget, to design the next
    product – a system for facilitating cooperative work environments between people at
    remote locations (where remote means a long way from each other, not a long way from
    civilisation).

    Produce an exciting conceptual design for this system that it would be possible to
    build with existing or reasonably foreseeable technology.
    [10 marks]

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    Question 2

    (a) Outline three ways of communicating an interaction design, and describe situations in
    which each way would be appropriate.
    [5 marks]

    (b) Define usability. Give at least one example of a system with good usability and at
    least one example of a system with bad usability, giving reasons to support your
    position in each case.
    [5 marks]

    (c) Define Use Cases. How are Essential Use Cases different from Use Cases?
    [5 marks]

    (d) Outline some tools that you might use for eliciting requirements for a user interface,
    and suggest situations in which each might be appropriate or inappropriate.
    [5 marks]

    (e) Define the term Wizard-of-Oz as it is used in interface development, specify the phase
    of interface development at which it is appropriate, and suggest why it is an appropriate
    tool to use.
    [5 marks]

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    Question 3

    What are the main advantages and disadvantages of using the following in the context of
    interface evaluation?
    (a) The DECIDE framework [5 marks]
    (b) Heuristic Evaluation [5 marks]
    (c) Interviews [5 marks]
    (d) Questionnaires [5 marks]
    (e) Observation [5 marks]

    Question 4

    Looking to the future:


    (a)
    (i) What is meant by an HCI pattern? [2 marks]
    (ii) What role do you see for the use of HCI patterns in interface design?
    Fully explain your answer. [5 marks]

    (b) Discuss the specific problems that have to be overcome when evaluating:
    (i) Mobile devices (e.g. Mobile phone with camera) [6 marks]
    (ii) Computer mediated communication (e.g. Video conferencing) [6 marks]
    (iii) Ubiquitous computing (e.g. Smart home) [6 marks]

    Use examples to illustrate your answer. These can be based on the examples provided
    or other appropriate applications.

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