Chapter 14 (True or False)

Question 1

1) The over arching goal of human-computer interaction is to achieve efficiency.

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true

Question 2

2) It is important that the fit among the user, computer, and task all correspond.

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true

Question 3

3) Better fit results in greater efficiency but many times more stress for the human involved in the system.

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true

Question 4

4) One important consideration is that data are made available in a single form so that users can make sense of them.

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true

Question 5

5) A pivot table is useful because it gives users greater control over how they look at data in different ways within a table.

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true

Question 6

6) From an HCI perspective, the analyst should think in terms of limitations on human vision.

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true

Question 7

7) When designing from an HCI perspective, you start realizing that limitations are often discussed in terms of cost.

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true

Question 8

8) The foremost concern when designing from an HCI perspective will always be assisting a user in using technology.

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true

Question 9

9) To most users, the interface is the system.

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true

Question 10

10) To be properly utilized, the menu user must know which task he/she desires.

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true

Question 11

11) Menus can be nested within one another to lead a user through options in a program.

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true

Question 12

12) A disadvantage of nested menus is that they require users to consider menus in which they have no interest.

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true

Question 13

13) An ecommerce site should only provide feedback to users.

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true

Question 14

14) The standard type of navigational approach used for ecommerce is called "one-click."

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true

Question 15

15) An Internet site map is used to improve navigational efficiency.

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true

Question 16

16) A Boolean expression may link conditions using AND and OR operators.

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true

Question 17

17) SQL uses a grid to select query records.

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true

Question 18

18) QBE uses a series of keywords and commands to select the rows and columns for a query.

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true

Question 19

19) The foremost concern when designing from an HCI perspective will always be assisting a user in accomplishing a task, set by the organization, with the use of technology.

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true

Question 20

20) No special skills are required of the user who interfaces with the computer using natural language.

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true

Question 21

21) A question-and-answer interface provides the user with an onscreen list of available selections.

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true

Question 22

22) Nested menus allow users to avoid seeing menu options in which they have no interest.

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true

Question 23

23) Feedback is the communication between the computer and a person.

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true

Question 24

24) A hyperlink is a text field that may be selected with a mouse to display additional related text

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true

Question 25

25) Tool tip help displays a small message identifying the function of a command button.

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true

Question 26

26) A derived value is used when the user enters the same data value for a screen field most of the time.

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true

Question 27

27) An application programming interface is a set of small programs and protocols used like building blocks for building software applications.

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true

Question 28

28) When two or more APIs are used together they form a GUI.

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true

Question 29

29) Each query involves three items: an entity, an attribute, and a value.

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true

Question 30

30) Structured Query Language (SQL) uses a grid to select query records.

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true

Question 31

31) Query by example uses a series of keywords and commands to select the rows and columns for a query.

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true

Question 32

32) A query type 4 is similar to query type 1, except that the values of all attributes are desired.

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true

Question 33

33) The intent of a query type 2 is to find an entity or entities when an attribute and value are given.

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true

Question 34

34) The purpose of a query type 3 is to determine which attributes fit the description provided when the entity and value are given.

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true

Question 35

35) Using Structured Query Language (SQL) is easy for anyone to do since there are no words or commands needed.

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true

Question 36

36) An example of a multitouch gesture is enlarging a photo on a tablet by flicking your fingers outward.

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true

Question 37

37) Each app on a tablet should have their own gestures that do not relate to the gestures of other apps. This will make it easier for the user to interface with the device.

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true

Question 38

38) Smartphone alerts are used as an unobtrusive way to send a message to the user.

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true

Question 39

39) A system should clearly present information to the user by having an appropriate title for each display, minimizing the use of abbreviations, and providing clear user feedback.

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true

Question 40

40) Many GUIs incorporate tool tip help, displaying a small help message identifying the function of a command button when the cursor is placed over it.

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true

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