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Design and Implementation of Human-Computer Interfaces Week 4 Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Norman’s Model of Interaction represents behavior of a user of interactive systems in terms of a series of _________.
a) actions
b) selection
c) manipulation
Question 2. The eight golden rules for interface design were proposed by Ben Shneiderman in the year ______ (fill in the blank with the correct year in the format yyyy).
Answer: _______
Question 3. One of the eight golden rules of Shneiderman is “strive for consistency”. It actually refers to:
a) Both the “internal” and “external” consistency
b) Only external consistency
c) Only internal consistency
d) None of the above
Question 4. There are broadly two stages of interaction: execution stage and ________ stage.
a) design
b) evaluation
c) interaction
Question 5. Perceive system state comes under the _______ stage of interaction.
a) execution
b) design
c) evaluation
d) interaction
Question 6. Actions we specify to translate intentions may not be supported by the interface leading to gap (gulf) between the first three and the last actions in the execution stage — it is called _______.
a) The gulf of execution
b) The gulf of evaluation
c) The gulf of Interaction
Question 7. Particularly in the context of errors during interaction is explained in terms of slips and ______.
a) error
b) mistakes
c) human error
Question 8. Paper mock-ups are the example of __________ prototype.
a) Low fidelity
b) High fidelity
c) Medium fidelity
Question 9. In Norman’s Model of Interaction the actions represent the ______ and sensory-motor activities of the user.
a) Cognitive
b) Emotional
c) Affective
Question 10. Which of the following is not a valid category of prototypes?
a) Horizontal
b) Vertical
c) Storyboard
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