Exam 1

A  Using a conventional number pad can present a familiar interaction consistent with other systems.

B  A conventional number pad (calculator) is not considered a design pattern

C  Using a conventional number pad utilizes negative training transfer

D  Designers are encouraged to always look for new types of number pads

A  Driver age and experience

B  Driver gender and age

C  Vehicle color and driver height

D  Vehicle size and driver age

E  Moon phase and crime rate

A  30 or more

B  1 or 2

C  3 to 10

D  15 to 30

E  None

A  Alarm fatigue is challenging to overcome

B  Wolf behavior is a core tenant in human factors psychology

C  With sophisticated technology, prisoners will never be able to escape

A  Heuristic analyses use considerable resources to perform

B  Documents only existing behavior

C  Not all interactions involve performance of a task

D  A task analysis is not part of the human factors tool kit

A  Formative usability study

B  Literature review or heuristic analysis

C  Summative/comprehensive evaluation

D  Descriptive study

A  Understand user needs, create prototypes, and validate design

B  Create prototypes, wireframes, and design mock-ups

C  Understand how to improve design, diagnose problems, and verify design

A  Evaluation must be completed before Understanding can begin

B  Evaluation is synonymous with Understanding

C  Evaluation must be done concurrently with Understanding

D  It is both the final step in Evaluation and the first step of the next iteration of Understanding

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Decrease the number of Independent Variables

B  Revert to heuristic analysis

C  Consider a larger sample size

D  Employ the PDCA cycle

E  Consider a smaller sample size

A  Revert to a heuristic analysis

B  Increase the number of Independent Variables

C  Employ the PDCA cycle

D  Consider a larger sample size

E  Consider a smaller sample size

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Cost only

B  Fatigue only

C  Fatigue, Safety/Use Errors, Workload and Situational Awareness

D  Workload and Situational Awareness

A  Things the experimenter has no control over

B  Things the experimenter confounds

C  Things the experimenter manipulates

D  Things the experimenter measures

A  Things the experimenter manipulates

B  Things the experimenter confounds

C  Things the experimenter has no control over

D  Things the experimenter measures

A  Usability Testing

B  Heuristic Analysis

C  Literature Review

D  Post-market Survallance

A  Usability Testing

B  Formative Evaluation

C  Summative Evaluation

D  Literature Review

A  Early to mid-cycle

B  End of the cycle

C  After product release

A  After product release

B  End of the cycle

C  Early to mid-cycle

A  End of the cycle

B  Early to mid-cycle

C  After product release

A  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes

B  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes

C  Synonymous with verification studies

A  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes

B  Synonymous with validation studies

C  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes

A  Interviews

B  Vee Process

C  Measurements

D  SCRUM

A  Measurements

B  SCRUM

C  Interviews

D  PDCA

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  To simulate toddler tendencies

B  To cause the research subject to do most of the talking

C  Tactic to buy time to think of a response

D  To identify multiple causes of an error

A  Information Architecture

B  User Specification

C  Function Allocation

D  Task Analysis

E  Heuristic Evaluation

A  Information Architecture

B  Heuristic Analysis

C  Function Allocation

D  Task Analysis

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

B  Rinse and repeat

C  SCRUM

D  Plan-Do-Check-Act

E  Vee Process

A  Plan-Do-Check-Act

B  Vee Process

C  Testudines model

D  SCRUM

E  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

A  Vee Process

B  Plan-Do-Check-Act

C  ISO 14971

D  SCRUM

E  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Illustrates that there are often multiple causes to a failure

B  Illustrates that humans are the primary cause of failure

C  Illustrates that solving human error is a hopeless cause

A  Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning

B  People are not always aware of how their minds/bodies operate

C  People are always able to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning

A  Training does not utilize levels of processing theory

B  Training is the act, process, or method of one that trains

C  Training is always included, thus should be assumed to be available

D  Training is the least effective method since it forces the person to adapt to technology

A  Allows human suffering to occur early while costs are low

B  Utilize levels of processing theory

C  Saves considerable money and human suffering

D  To utilize the principle of neuroplasticity

A  Poor humans

B  Good design

C  Good humans

D  Glitches in the neural matrix

E  Poor design

A  Hub > Spoke > Rim

B  Evaporate > Condensate > Precipitate

C  Understand > Create > Evaluate

D  Evaluate > Adapt > Release

E  Create > Release > Adapt

A  Human Factors and Experimental Subjects

B  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

C  Human Factors and Economic Studies

A  Community Psychology

B  Critical Psychology

C  Counseling Psychology

D  Clinical Psychology

E  Cognitive Psychology

A  Improve business profits, product costs, and development time

B  Improve system reliability, cost, and reduce complaints

C  Improve user safety, performance, and satisfaction

D  Improve the Id, Ego, and Superego

A  Human factors engineering is a discipline that considers the clinical, physical, and organizational influences on human behavior to allow humans to adapt to products and processes.

B  Human factors engineering is a discipline that considers common sense to allow humans to adapt to products and processes.

C  Human factors engineering is a discipline that considers the cognitive, physical, and organizational influences on human behavior to improve human interaction with products and processes.

D  Human Factors involves the engineering of humans

E  Human factors engineering is a different discipline compared to human factors psychology

A  Honor thy self, you are the user

B  Honor thy self, you are not the user

C  Common sense is not so common

D  Know thy user, and you are not thy user

E  Know thy user, and you are the user