HF300 SPRING TEST #2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is the difference between static and dynamic displays?
Static- information does not change
Dynamic- information that changes over time
What are some characteristics of static displays?
Conspicuity, visibility, legibility, intelligibility, salience, standardization, maintainability
What are some influences for each characteristic of a static display?
Size, distance, shape, symbols, color, text, flashing
What is the trade off between analog and digital dynamic displays?
Analog- can show trends, but exact values are hard to see
Digital- shows exact values, but its hard to see trends
What are the four principles associated with display location and arrangement?
Importance of use, frequency of use, sequence of use, functional organization
What does the term cognition mean?
Thought, attention, memory, information processing, multi tasking, decision making
What are the components of the information processing model?
Input from environment, sensory registers, perception, working memory, long term
memory, select response, execute response
What are the five assumptions for the information processing model?
, Brain is information processing unit, each component is a different behavior, each
component has positives and negatives, behaviors happen between each component,
must follow direction of links between components
What are the four types of attention?
Selective, divided, sustained, filtered
Whats the difference between selective and filtered?
Selective- what is chosen to be focused on
Filtered- background noise we don't notice
What are some factors that influence selective attention?
Expectancy, value, salience, effort
What is attentional capture?
The drawing of attention away from a primary goal or task by a salient irrelevant or
unexpected event
What is the difference between inattentioal blindness and change blindness?
Inattentional- we don't see change due to attention fixed on something else
Change- can't see something even though it is right in front of us
What are four factors that impact multi-tasking?
Auotmaticity, time-sharing skill, multiple resources, confusion
What is the time sharing decrement?
How much performance, drops when we do more than one thing concurrently
What is the difference between controlled and automatic processing?
Controlled- unfamiliar, complex tasks
Automatic- familiar, highly practiced tasks
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is the difference between static and dynamic displays?
Static- information does not change
Dynamic- information that changes over time
What are some characteristics of static displays?
Conspicuity, visibility, legibility, intelligibility, salience, standardization, maintainability
What are some influences for each characteristic of a static display?
Size, distance, shape, symbols, color, text, flashing
What is the trade off between analog and digital dynamic displays?
Analog- can show trends, but exact values are hard to see
Digital- shows exact values, but its hard to see trends
What are the four principles associated with display location and arrangement?
Importance of use, frequency of use, sequence of use, functional organization
What does the term cognition mean?
Thought, attention, memory, information processing, multi tasking, decision making
What are the components of the information processing model?
Input from environment, sensory registers, perception, working memory, long term
memory, select response, execute response
What are the five assumptions for the information processing model?
, Brain is information processing unit, each component is a different behavior, each
component has positives and negatives, behaviors happen between each component,
must follow direction of links between components
What are the four types of attention?
Selective, divided, sustained, filtered
Whats the difference between selective and filtered?
Selective- what is chosen to be focused on
Filtered- background noise we don't notice
What are some factors that influence selective attention?
Expectancy, value, salience, effort
What is attentional capture?
The drawing of attention away from a primary goal or task by a salient irrelevant or
unexpected event
What is the difference between inattentioal blindness and change blindness?
Inattentional- we don't see change due to attention fixed on something else
Change- can't see something even though it is right in front of us
What are four factors that impact multi-tasking?
Auotmaticity, time-sharing skill, multiple resources, confusion
What is the time sharing decrement?
How much performance, drops when we do more than one thing concurrently
What is the difference between controlled and automatic processing?
Controlled- unfamiliar, complex tasks
Automatic- familiar, highly practiced tasks
