HF 300 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Human Factors Engineering is the application of ________ about limitations and
capabilities of ________ to the analysis and ________ of systems so that total
system performance is ________.
scientific knowledge, people,. design, optimized
On the retina the rods can be found
mostly on the sides
Joby is interested in people's behavior in cars. He wants to know what the first
thing is that people do after they enter the car and close the door. So he watches
people and discovers that the first thing people do is check their cell phones and
concludes that this is the most important behavior in cars. However, all Joby has
done is shown that people will check their cell phones in cars. Based on this
scenario, what type of research is being shown according to the textbook and
lectures?
Demonstration
Which of the following is an assumption made by human factors practitioners?
A good design can affect system performance.
Designing a tank to blend into the surroundings during warfare (think of
camouflage) uses the principle of reduced ________ to protect the tank.
contrast
, According to the video we watched in class, why are Norman Doors called
Norman Doors? They're called Norman Doors because they're named after
______.
the researcher who studied how people used the doors.
According to the textbook and lectures, the most important characteristic of a
hypothesis is that it is ________.
Testable
Nora is using an eye tracker; a piece of equipment that watches where our eyes
move when we view things like designs or webpages. Nora notices that the
person they are testing is spending a lot of time looking at one picture on the
webpage because the picture is highly unusual. According to the textbook and
lectures, because the person is spending a long time looking at the picture, they
have a long ________ on the picture.
dwell
We know to stop at a stop sign even though it is colored red because it says
"STOP" and because it has a unique shape for a street sign. So even if someone
can't tell that it is red, the multiple pieces of information all identify to the driver
the same information. This is known as the concept of ________.
redundancy gain
Which term refers to the
PERCEIVED
amount of light that is reflected
from the surface of objects?
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
Human Factors Engineering is the application of ________ about limitations and
capabilities of ________ to the analysis and ________ of systems so that total
system performance is ________.
scientific knowledge, people,. design, optimized
On the retina the rods can be found
mostly on the sides
Joby is interested in people's behavior in cars. He wants to know what the first
thing is that people do after they enter the car and close the door. So he watches
people and discovers that the first thing people do is check their cell phones and
concludes that this is the most important behavior in cars. However, all Joby has
done is shown that people will check their cell phones in cars. Based on this
scenario, what type of research is being shown according to the textbook and
lectures?
Demonstration
Which of the following is an assumption made by human factors practitioners?
A good design can affect system performance.
Designing a tank to blend into the surroundings during warfare (think of
camouflage) uses the principle of reduced ________ to protect the tank.
contrast
, According to the video we watched in class, why are Norman Doors called
Norman Doors? They're called Norman Doors because they're named after
______.
the researcher who studied how people used the doors.
According to the textbook and lectures, the most important characteristic of a
hypothesis is that it is ________.
Testable
Nora is using an eye tracker; a piece of equipment that watches where our eyes
move when we view things like designs or webpages. Nora notices that the
person they are testing is spending a lot of time looking at one picture on the
webpage because the picture is highly unusual. According to the textbook and
lectures, because the person is spending a long time looking at the picture, they
have a long ________ on the picture.
dwell
We know to stop at a stop sign even though it is colored red because it says
"STOP" and because it has a unique shape for a street sign. So even if someone
can't tell that it is red, the multiple pieces of information all identify to the driver
the same information. This is known as the concept of ________.
redundancy gain
Which term refers to the
PERCEIVED
amount of light that is reflected
from the surface of objects?
