Question 1

Which of the following statements about application of communityware is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Communityware only supports one time events among a group of people;
B)   Communityware is a good supplement for physical interactions between community members;
C)   The communityware used by an online community has no impact on the physical interactions among the community members;
D)   The activities taken by a user of a communityware are all invisible to other users;
E)   The application of communityware relies on personal computers instead of mobile or portable devices. B

Question 2

In the following, which is a challenge on HCI design and evaluation brought by component-based software development (CBSD)?

Accepted Answer

A)   CBSD is easy to bring social issues such as security, privacy, control and visibility, etc.;
B)   CBSD only take direct stakeholders' interest into account;
C)   Using CBSD may cause separation of usability professionals from users;
D)   When different components are combined together, it is easy to result in an application with inconsistent interfaces;
E)   Software applications developed with CBSD are only good to be used with a single screen-based user interface, i.e. computers that come with a display. D

Question 3

Integrating computers into the environment instead of having them as distinct objects has the advantage of:

Accepted Answer

A)   removing all the needs for moving around
B)   turning all computer devices invisible
C)   simplifying the exchange between people with computers as the only type of intermediary
D)   focusing people's attention only on computer use in everyday life
E)   enabling people to interact with computer more naturally E

Question 4

In the following statements about the design space for user interface (UI) in ubiquitous computing, which one is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A)   The design for UI will be focused on unmovable computer devices;
B)   The design space for UI in ubiquitous computing will be larger than that for conventional personal computers;
C)   To simplify the UI, all computerized devices will have only one input option;
D)   Redundant output opportunities should be avoided in the UI design for ubiquitous computing devices;
E)   Centralized computing devices will become the only design space for UI in ubiquitous computing.

Question 5

In the following descriptions about ubiquitous computing, which one reflects the convergent device view?

Accepted Answer

A)   Computers are distributed everywhere to meet various needs from humans and the society;
B)   With ubiquitous computing, people will live in a computer-generated world ultimately;
C)   Distinct computers will be replaced by devices that have unnoticeable microprocessors;
D)   Human and computer communicate with natural language;
E)   Computers will permeate our everyday life without being noticed.

Question 6

In the following descriptions, which one is an argument for promoting open source software by the advocates?

Accepted Answer

A)   The value of software primarily lies in its potential sale value;
B)   Open source software allows more control over the final product than close source software;
C)   Having software be open source means that there is a potential to have a nearly infinite number of derived works using patented technology, unbeknownst to a patent holder;
D)   Open sources software can bring profits to the developers involved in developing it;
E)   By giving less protection on a software product, a corporation will be able to change it into an open source one, and better meet their interests.

Question 7

A characteristic of component-based software development (CBSD) is that:

Accepted Answer

A)   components are logically related to each other but physically distinct;
B)   all developers that use a component have a clear understanding about the component's details;
C)   the components can be reused as it is (i.e. black-box reuse)  without the need of source code change;
D)   components would not need to be extended once they are done;
E)   components are used by inserting their code to the target system directly without the need for knowing their interface.

Question 8

In the following jobs, which one is better suitable to be offshored?

Accepted Answer

A)   a job that relies heavily on only locally available resources
B)   a job that can be teleworked
C)   an art job such as sculpturing or drawing
D)   a job that requires direct customer interaction
E)   a job that needs big investment to set up required facilities

Question 9

The approach of value-sensitive design (VSD) in HCI aims at supporting:

Accepted Answer

A)   social value of a new technology
B)   market value of a new system
C)   organizational value of a new system
D)   human values shared by users
E)   innovative value of a new system

Question 10

Which of the following methods can help improve the HCI quality of an open source software product?

Accepted Answer

A)   attracting more developers into the software development
B)   letting non-professional real end users to write the codes for software interface
C)   raising funds to hire professional HCI experts for the software development
D)   hold a competition for functionality test among the software developers
E)   publishing a human interface guidelines among the developer

Question 11

Communityware refers to the software that:

Accepted Answer

A)   acts as a messenger for people living in the same neighborhood;
B)   is used for calling members of the same community for meetings;
C)   allows the automation of a community's management;
D)   allows large decentralized groups of people to form communities share preferences and knowledge, and perform social activities;
E)   is shared on all computers within a neighborhood.

Question 12

Communityware is used by:

Accepted Answer

A)   stakeholders involved in the same contract
B)   people working in the same company
C)   members of the same project team
D)   people living in the same neighborhood
E)   online community members

Question 13

As a software development method, CBSD stands for:

Accepted Answer

A)   component-based software development
B)   component-based system development
C)   computer-based software development
D)   computer-based system development
E)   customized basic system development

Question 14

VSD is an approach in HCI design, which stands for:

Accepted Answer

A)   Visual System Design
B)   Virtual System Design
C)   Value-sensitive Design
D)   Value System Design
E)   Voice-sensitive Design

Question 15

Freelancers are people that:

Accepted Answer

A)   do not need to follow any rules of an organization while working there;
B)   are not constrained within just one professional area, and can change the job for living anytime at will;
C)   can work anytime at their convenience without following a strict organizational working schedule;
D)   work for many projects from different organizations at the same time;
E)   are self-employed and work in a profession or a trade where full-time employment by a single employer is also common.

Question 16

Component-based software development (CBSD) refers to the software development method that:

Accepted Answer

A)   breaks the whole project work into small components for developers;
B)   uses or reuses existing software components to build new software applications;
C)   combines the same set of components in different ways to develop various software applications;
D)   all developers work on one component at a time, select the best one from the results, and then continue to work on another component;
E)   designs a new software application by assembling useful small applications available on the market.

Question 17

An example of communityware could be:

Accepted Answer

A)   Microsoft FrontPage
B)   Google Groups
C)   Yahoo Messenger
D)   Adobe Acrobat
E)   Skype Internet Phone

Question 18

A reason that may prevent obtaining high quality usability analysis through offshore outsourcing could be:

Accepted Answer

A)   difficulties in delivering the analysis report
B)   the time gap between conducting usability analysis and delivering the results
C)   separation of usability professionals from users
D)   coordination of the analysis work that needs to be done in a foreign country
E)   finding the most experienced usability professionals in the foreign country

Question 19

In the following statements about the implementation of value-sensitive design (VSD), which one is appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A)   A new system developed using VSD only needs to concern the needs and requirements of direct stakeholders;
B)   While using VSD to develop a new system, all stakeholder values must/need to be incorporated into the system as explicitly support values;
C)   Values held by different stakeholders might conflict with each other;
D)   Unlike systems developed in other ways, a system designed using VSD always helps meet specific human values without conflicting with and comprising other values;
E)   Systems developed with VSD emphasized on individual values instead of organizational values.

Question 20

Compared to open source software,

Accepted Answer

A)   There are free software products that can be copied and used;
B)   Free software can be a software product that does not require payment but is not allowed to be redistributed;
C)   Free software can be modified by users in certain situations;
D)   Free software is possible to be redistributed;
E)   Free software can be licensed.

Exam 14: Meeting the Changing Needs of It Development and Use