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Exam 1

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  Using a conventional number pad can present a familiar interaction consistent with other systems.
B  Designers are encouraged to always look for new types of number pads
C  A conventional number pad (calculator) is not considered a design pattern
D  Using a conventional number pad utilizes negative training transfer
Question #2
A  Vehicle color and driver height
B  Moon phase and crime rate
C  Driver age and experience
D  Driver gender and age
E  Vehicle size and driver age
Question #3
A  15 to 30
B  1 or 2
C  3 to 10
D  30 or more
E  None
Question #4
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
Question #5
A  A task analysis is not part of the human factors tool kit
B  Not all interactions involve performance of a task
C  Documents only existing behavior
D  Heuristic analyses use considerable resources to perform
Question #6
A  Descriptive study
B  Summative/comprehensive evaluation
C  Literature review or heuristic analysis
D  Formative usability study
Question #7
A  Understand user needs, create prototypes, and validate design
B  Understand how to improve design, diagnose problems, and verify design
C  Create prototypes, wireframes, and design mock-ups
Question #8
A  Evaluation must be completed before Understanding can begin
B  It is both the final step in Evaluation and the first step of the next iteration of Understanding
C  Evaluation is synonymous with Understanding
D  Evaluation must be done concurrently with Understanding
Question #10
A  Decrease the number of Independent Variables
B  Revert to heuristic analysis
C  Employ the PDCA cycle
D  Consider a smaller sample size
E  Consider a larger sample size
Question #11
A  Increase the number of Independent Variables
B  Consider a larger sample size
C  Employ the PDCA cycle
D  Consider a smaller sample size
E  Revert to a heuristic analysis
Question #12
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #13
A  Fatigue, Safety/Use Errors, Workload and Situational Awareness
B  Cost only
C  Fatigue only
D  Workload and Situational Awareness
Question #14
A  Things the experimenter manipulates
B  Things the experimenter has no control over
C  Things the experimenter measures
D  Things the experimenter confounds
Question #15
A  Things the experimenter manipulates
B  Things the experimenter has no control over
C  Things the experimenter confounds
D  Things the experimenter measures
Question #16
A  Literature Review
B  Usability Testing
C  Post-market Survallance
D  Heuristic Analysis
Question #17
A  Literature Review
B  Formative Evaluation
C  Usability Testing
D  Summative Evaluation
Question #18
A  After product release
B  Early to mid-cycle
C  End of the cycle
Question #19
A  After product release
B  End of the cycle
C  Early to mid-cycle
Question #20
A  End of the cycle
B  Early to mid-cycle
C  After product release
Question #21
A  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes
B  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes
C  Synonymous with verification studies
Question #22
A  Synonymous with validation studies
B  Tend to be comprehensive; with large sample sizes
C  Tend to be quick; with small sample sizes
Question #23
A  Vee Process
B  SCRUM
C  Interviews
D  Measurements
Question #24
A  PDCA
B  Interviews
C  Measurements
D  SCRUM
Question #26
A  To cause the research subject to do most of the talking
B  To simulate toddler tendencies
C  To identify multiple causes of an error
D  Tactic to buy time to think of a response
Question #27
A  Task Analysis
B  Function Allocation
C  Information Architecture
D  User Specification
E  Heuristic Evaluation
Question #28
A  Heuristic Analysis
B  Information Architecture
C  Task Analysis
D  Function Allocation
Question #30
A  Plan-Do-Check-Act
B  Rinse and repeat
C  SCRUM
D  Vee Process
E  Clinical Behavioral Therapy
Question #31
A  Testudines model
B  Plan-Do-Check-Act
C  Clinical Behavioral Therapy
D  SCRUM
E  Vee Process
Question #32
A  Vee Process
B  Plan-Do-Check-Act
C  SCRUM
D  ISO 14971
E  Clinical Behavioral Therapy
Question #34
A  Illustrates that solving human error is a hopeless cause
B  Illustrates that humans are the primary cause of failure
C  Illustrates that there are often multiple causes to a failure
Question #35
A  Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning
B  People are always able to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning
C  People are not always aware of how their minds/bodies operate
Question #36
A  Training is the act, process, or method of one that trains
B  Training does not utilize levels of processing theory
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
Question #37
A  Saves considerable money and human suffering
B  Utilize levels of processing theory
C  Allows human suffering to occur early while costs are low
D  To utilize the principle of neuroplasticity
Question #38
A  Poor humans
B  Good design
C  Good humans
D  Glitches in the neural matrix
E  Poor design
Question #39
A  Understand > Create > Evaluate
B  Create > Release > Adapt
C  Evaluate > Adapt > Release
D  Hub > Spoke > Rim
E  Evaporate > Condensate > Precipitate
Question #40
A  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
B  Human Factors and Economic Studies
C  Human Factors and Experimental Subjects
Question #41
A  Clinical Psychology
B  Counseling Psychology
C  Critical Psychology
D  Cognitive Psychology
E  Community Psychology
Question #42
A  Improve user safety, performance, and satisfaction
B  Improve the Id, Ego, and Superego
C  Improve system reliability, cost, and reduce complaints
D  Improve business profits, product costs, and development time
Question #43
A  Human factors engineering is a discipline that considers common sense to allow humans to adapt to products and processes.
B  Human Factors involves the engineering of humans
C  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.
D  Human factors engineering is a different discipline compared to human factors psychology
E  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.
Question #44
A  Common sense is not so common
B  Know thy user, and you are the user
C  Honor thy self, you are the user
D  Know thy user, and you are not thy user
E  Honor thy self, you are not the user