NPTEL Online Certification Course
User-centric Computing for Human-Computer Interaction
Assignment 3: Detailed Solution
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
1) Guiard’s model of bimanual skills is an example of
a. Descriptive models
b. Predictive models
c. Beta models
Ans: Descriptive models
2) GOMS stands for
a. Goals Occurrences Methods and Sets
b. Goals Operators Methods and Subtractions
c. Goals Operators Models and Selections
d. Goals Operators Methods and Selections
Ans: Goals Operators Methods and Selections
3) GOMS models assume that any interactive task can be broken down into a series of cognitive and
physical tasks performed in sequence
a. True
b. False
Ans: True
4) What category does Buxton's 3-state model for graphical input devices fall under?
a. Descriptive models
b. Predictive models
c. Both
d. None
Ans: Descriptive models
5) Norman’s Model of Interaction consists of _______ stages of action
a. 5
b. 3
c. 4
d. 7
Ans: 7
6) What defines the characteristics of a “Non-adaptive” type of user-centric software?
a. The interface layout is determined once during development
b. The interface layout changes dynamically during interaction
c. The system undergoes continuous development
d. The interface layout is fixed and doesn’t change during execution
Ans: The interface layout is determined once during development
7) Norman’s Model of Interaction has broadly two stages of interaction: “Execution” stage and
___________ stage.
a. Fetching
b. Decoding
c. Evaluation
d. Experiment
Ans: Evaluation
8) Interaction, what is the first action in the evaluation stage?
a. Evaluate system state with respect to goal
b. Perceive system state
c. Interpret system state
d. Formulate intention
Ans: Perceive system state
9) In the F-pattern of on-screen reading behavior proposed by Nielsen, what trajectory do viewers
typically follow?
a. Zigzag pattern
b. Circular pattern
c. F-shaped pattern
d. L-shaped pattern
Ans: F-shaped pattern
10) What is the full form of PAM?
a. Predictive Action Model
b. Predictive Attention Model
c. Predictive Adaptive Model
d. Predictive Additive Model
Ans: Predictive Attention Model