SENG 310 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
core principals of ethics - Answers respect for persons, concern for welfare, justice
Human Centered Design - Answers empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test
examples of hci - Answers sketchpad and rand tablet
the mouse
WSIWYG - Answers What You See Is What You Get
Attitudinal vs Behavioral - Answers Contrasting "what people say" versus "what people do"
Qualitative vs. Quantitative - Answers direct vs indirectly collecting data
context of use - Answers natural
scripted
limited
not using
natural use - Answers minimize interference from the study.
greater external validity, but less control over what topics you learn about
scripted - Answers insights on specific product areas
limited - Answers Study abstracted aspect of the experience
allows the user to rearrange design elements
product not used - Answers broader than usage, and usability, such as a study of the brand
GOMS model - Answers Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection rules
false consensus theory - Answers the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our
beliefs and behaviors
what is interaction - Answers the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as
environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)
awareness and intent in autonomous vehicles - Answers a study about the best way for pedestrians
and autonomous vehicles to interact
uber test case - Answers user assumptions vs what was actually happening
user wanted driver to come exactly to them but the location has to be marked
Direct Manipulation - Answers like the donkey kong game
why understand users? - Answers reveal incorrect assumptions
reveal biases
false-consensus effect
designers tend to blame people
Sympathy - Answers is the acknowledgement of others suffering
empathy - Answers is the ability to more deeply understand another person's experiences, needs,
and motivations
but it has its limits
example of hci - Answers formative qualitative study
identify design goals
prototyping
evaluation with and without users
what do you think human research ethics is about and how does it related to HCI? - Answers research
involving people has enriched lives, but because research is about exploring the unknown there could
be risks to participants and others
milligram's experiment - Answers participants were asked to administer electric shocks to the other
participants for every incorrect answer (it was falsified)
Stanford Prison Experiment - Answers Philip Zimbardo's study of the effect of roles on behavior.
Participants were randomly assigned to play either prisoners or guards in a mock prison. The study
was ended early because of the "guards'" role-induced cruelty.
responsible for the creations of the research ethics board
respect for persons - Answers do the participants have autonomy?
justice - Answers exclusion or inclusion
ex. only male participants
developing good task descriptions - Answers what the used wants but now how they'd do it
it is very specific (what the user inputs and what is output)
it describes a complete job
it says who the users are and reflects their real interests
core principals of ethics - Answers respect for persons, concern for welfare, justice
Human Centered Design - Answers empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test
examples of hci - Answers sketchpad and rand tablet
the mouse
WSIWYG - Answers What You See Is What You Get
Attitudinal vs Behavioral - Answers Contrasting "what people say" versus "what people do"
Qualitative vs. Quantitative - Answers direct vs indirectly collecting data
context of use - Answers natural
scripted
limited
not using
natural use - Answers minimize interference from the study.
greater external validity, but less control over what topics you learn about
scripted - Answers insights on specific product areas
limited - Answers Study abstracted aspect of the experience
allows the user to rearrange design elements
product not used - Answers broader than usage, and usability, such as a study of the brand
GOMS model - Answers Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection rules
false consensus theory - Answers the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our
beliefs and behaviors
what is interaction - Answers the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as
environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)
awareness and intent in autonomous vehicles - Answers a study about the best way for pedestrians
and autonomous vehicles to interact
uber test case - Answers user assumptions vs what was actually happening
user wanted driver to come exactly to them but the location has to be marked
Direct Manipulation - Answers like the donkey kong game
why understand users? - Answers reveal incorrect assumptions
reveal biases
false-consensus effect
designers tend to blame people
Sympathy - Answers is the acknowledgement of others suffering
empathy - Answers is the ability to more deeply understand another person's experiences, needs,
and motivations
but it has its limits
example of hci - Answers formative qualitative study
identify design goals
prototyping
evaluation with and without users
what do you think human research ethics is about and how does it related to HCI? - Answers research
involving people has enriched lives, but because research is about exploring the unknown there could
be risks to participants and others
milligram's experiment - Answers participants were asked to administer electric shocks to the other
participants for every incorrect answer (it was falsified)
Stanford Prison Experiment - Answers Philip Zimbardo's study of the effect of roles on behavior.
Participants were randomly assigned to play either prisoners or guards in a mock prison. The study
was ended early because of the "guards'" role-induced cruelty.
responsible for the creations of the research ethics board
respect for persons - Answers do the participants have autonomy?
justice - Answers exclusion or inclusion
ex. only male participants
developing good task descriptions - Answers what the used wants but now how they'd do it
it is very specific (what the user inputs and what is output)
it describes a complete job
it says who the users are and reflects their real interests
