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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017
FOURTH YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 2305 : HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
DATE: NOVEMBER 2016 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS
QUESTION ONE [30 MARKS]
(a) State two goals of interface evaluation [2 marks]
(b) Discuss four applications of task models in interactive design [8 marks]
(c) State five common interaction styles in human computer interaction [5 marks]
(d) List five execution operators for the keystroke level model [5 marks]
(e) Outline fie basic principles of screen design and layout [5 marks]
(f) Justify why prototyping is an important component of interface design [5 marks]
QUESTION TWO[30 MARKS]
(a) Describe the process of designing an interactive interface [10 marks]
(b) Outline five important user interface design principles [10 marks]
QUESTION THREE [20 MARKS]
(a) How would you measure the amount of information storage in long tern memory? Explain using four features [6 marks]
(b) Identify five guidelines for using colours in interface design [5 marks]
(c) Describe five types of user disabilities in human computer interaction [5 marks]
(d) Outline four menu design issues in HCI [4 marks]
QUESTION FOUR [20 MARKS]
(a) Outline three types of reasoning , during interaction [3 marks]
(b) Explain what you understand by a Multi-sensory systems [4 marks]
(c) Illustrate with examples the difference between multi-modal systems and multi- media systems [6 marks]
(d) Describe five merits and two demerits of direct manipulation interaction style [7 marks]
QUESTION FIVE [20 MARKS]
(a) Describe four factors that determine the amount of information storage in long term memory [6 marks]
(b) Describe the three types of task models [6 marks]
(c) Explain the two main approaches to task modeling [4 marks]
(d) List four techniques that can be used to obtain information for task analysis [4 marks]
