National Open University Exam Past Question – CIT 353 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 EXAMINATION

NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA CIT 353 Introduction to Human Computer Interaction

14-16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 EXAMINATION

Course Code: CIT 353

Course Title: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction (2 Credits) Answer 4 Questions in 21/2   Hours.

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Total Mark is 70 and Each Question is 171/

1a. How would you explain “Touch Sensitive Screen” to a layman (3 marks)

1b. Mention and explain three (3) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of the touch sensitive screen interface (10 marks)

1c. Mention three (3) health hazards that may likely exist as a result of interacting with the CRT.

(41/

2 marks)

2a. What is Knowledge Representation? ( 4 marks)

2b. Describe the rule based, the frame based and the networked based techniques of Knowledge

Representation.(9 marks)

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2c. List any three types of prototype methods? (41/

marks)

3a.What are the major components of the web technology? (4marks)

3b. Write short notes on the following: (i) Widgets

(ii) Command Line

(iii) Menus

(3 marks)

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3c. List and explain three (3) application softwares you know 

4a. What is the full meaning of the following acronyms?

(i)        PDAs

(ii)       CSCW

(iii)      WYSIWYG (iv)      MMI

(v)    RAM (vi)   CAD (vii) DVST (viii)    GUI

(1 mark each)

4b. What do you understand by principles of Robustness.(5 marks)

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4c. Mention three (3) principles of Robustness (4 1/

marks)

5a. What are the major components of the web technology? (4 marks)

5 b. Write short note on the following: (i) Multimedia

(ii) Animation

(iii) Hypertext

(3 marks each)

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5c. Mention any three (3) golden rules of the design (4 1/

marks)

6a . What do you understand by the expression Human Computer Interaction? (3 marks)

6b . Explain any 5 innovations relating to the history of paradigm shifts (10 marks)

6c. Mention any three (3) scientific methods of conducting research in human-computer

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