Human Machine Interaction - May 2014

Computer Engineering (Semester 8)

TOTAL MARKS: 100
TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS (1) Question 1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any four from the remaining questions.
(3) Assume data wherever required.
(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks. 1 (a) Explain principles of good design(10 marks) 1 (b) Explain various types of text input devices(10 marks) 2 Develop system menus & navigation menus for a online system intended for generation of transcript (which is summary of academic record) for student who has completed the course.(10 marks) 3 (a) What are mental models & why are they important in interface design.(10 marks) 3 (b) What are different style of interaction in human computing interaction(10 marks) 4 (a) What are sensory memory, long term memory and short term memory? Why they are important interface design(10 marks) 4 (b) Explain physical characteristics of the user that should be considered in user interface design(10 marks) 5 (a) Distinguish between GUI & web interface.(10 marks) 5 (b) Explain the following requirements gathering techniques in brief.
(a) Traditional Focus Group
(b) Competitor Analyses
(c) Support Line
(d) User Interface prototyping
(e) Card sorting for web sites(10 marks) 6 (a) What are various types of device based & screen based controls? Explain in brief.(10 marks) 6 (b) Explain importance of communication with user for a system? What do you mean by clear text messages? Explain with suitable example(10 marks)

Write a short note on (any two) (20)

7 (a) User focus & design focus(10 marks) 7 (b) Interaction design process(10 marks) 7 (c) Software building tools for interface design.(10 marks) 7 (d) Statistical graphs.(10 marks)