INF3720 brief example of questions to be expected in the Exam.Q AND A

A brief example of questions to be expected in the Exam Below are some example questions extracted from previous exam papers and assignments…. I have outlined just the basic section headers, you will need to be able to expand on these… Define Interaction Design (Chapter 1)  Interactive Design is the process of designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday working lives. Consider your personal cell phone and choose four of Preece et al’s user experience goals – for each of the four goals describe how that usability goal is implemented in the cell phone or not There are several usability goals including… 1. Effective 2. Efficient 3. Safe to use 4. Easy to Learn Define an interface metaphor and state its purpose (Chapter 2)  An interface metaphor provides a structure that is similar in some way to aspects of a familiar entity but that also has its own behaviours and properties. It purpose is to help the user get the essence of the process of finding relevant information, enabling the user to link these to less familiar aspects of the functionality provided. Give two examples of metaphors or analogies used in interaction design and explain how they are used (Chapter 2) 1. Desktop Metaphor with computers – used to describe a place where you organize everything and have things readily accessible 2. Browsing Metaphor with the internet – the idea of following links in a page through exploring what is there similar to window shopping Explain three disadvantages of or objections to interface metaphors (Chapter 2) 1. Too constraining – the metaphor could constrain design 2. Not being able to understand the system functionality beyond the metaphor 3. Overly literal translations of existing bad designs (e.g. computer calculator) Discuss interviews as a method of data gathering, referring specifically to different types of interviews and advantages of using interviews  Unstructured Interviews