Exam 1

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

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

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

D  Using a conventional number pad utilizes negative training transfer

A  Driver age and experience

B  Moon phase and crime rate

C  Vehicle size and driver age

D  Vehicle color and driver height

E  Driver gender and age

A  15 to 30

B  3 to 10

C  1 or 2

D  30 or more

E  None

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

B  Wolf behavior is a core tenant in human factors psychology

C  Alarm fatigue is challenging to overcome

A  Heuristic analyses use considerable resources to perform

B  Not all interactions involve performance of a task

C  Documents only existing behavior

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

A  Formative usability study

B  Literature review or heuristic analysis

C  Descriptive study

D  Summative/comprehensive evaluation

A  Create prototypes, wireframes, and design mock-ups

B  Understand user needs, create prototypes, and validate design

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

A  Evaluation is synonymous with Understanding

B  Evaluation must be done concurrently with Understanding

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

D  Evaluation must be completed before Understanding can begin

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Revert to heuristic analysis

B  Consider a smaller sample size

C  Consider a larger sample size

D  Decrease the number of Independent Variables

E  Employ the PDCA cycle

A  Employ the PDCA cycle

B  Increase the number of Independent Variables

C  Revert to a heuristic analysis

D  Consider a larger sample size

E  Consider a smaller sample size

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

B  Workload and Situational Awareness

C  Cost only

D  Fatigue only

A  Things the experimenter manipulates

B  Things the experimenter confounds

C  Things the experimenter has no control over

D  Things the experimenter measures

A  Things the experimenter has no control over

B  Things the experimenter manipulates

C  Things the experimenter confounds

D  Things the experimenter measures

A  Usability Testing

B  Literature Review

C  Post-market Survallance

D  Heuristic Analysis

A  Summative Evaluation

B  Literature Review

C  Formative Evaluation

D  Usability Testing

A  Early to mid-cycle

B  After product release

C  End of the cycle

A  After product release

B  End of the cycle

C  Early to mid-cycle

A  Early to mid-cycle

B  After product release

C  End of the cycle

A  Synonymous with verification studies

B  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes

C  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes

A  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes

B  Synonymous with validation studies

C  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes

A  Vee Process

B  Measurements

C  Interviews

D  SCRUM

A  SCRUM

B  Measurements

C  Interviews

D  PDCA

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  To simulate toddler tendencies

B  To identify multiple causes of an error

C  Tactic to buy time to think of a response

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

A  Heuristic Evaluation

B  Task Analysis

C  User Specification

D  Function Allocation

E  Information Architecture

A  Heuristic Analysis

B  Task Analysis

C  Information Architecture

D  Function Allocation

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

B  SCRUM

C  Plan-Do-Check-Act

D  Rinse and repeat

E  Vee Process

A  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

B  Vee Process

C  Plan-Do-Check-Act

D  SCRUM

E  Testudines model

A  ISO 14971

B  Vee Process

C  SCRUM

D  Clinical Behavioral Therapy

E  Plan-Do-Check-Act

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 least effective method since it forces the person to adapt to technology

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

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

A  Saves considerable money and human suffering

B  Allows human suffering to occur early while costs are low

C  Utilize levels of processing theory

D  To utilize the principle of neuroplasticity

A  Glitches in the neural matrix

B  Poor design

C  Good humans

D  Poor humans

E  Good design

A  Create > Release > Adapt

B  Understand > Create > Evaluate

C  Evaluate > Adapt > Release

D  Evaporate > Condensate > Precipitate

E  Hub > Spoke > Rim

A  Human Factors and Economic Studies

B  Human Factors and Experimental Subjects

C  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

A  Counseling Psychology

B  Community Psychology

C  Critical Psychology

D  Cognitive Psychology

E  Clinical 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 cognitive, physical, and organizational influences on human behavior to improve human interaction with products and processes.

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

C  Human Factors involves the engineering of humans

D  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.

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

A  Honor thy self, you are not the user

B  Know thy user, and you are the user

C  Common sense is not so common

D  Know thy user, and you are not thy user

E  Honor thy self, you are the user