Usability
What are some related terms for usability?
Some synonyms could be ease of use and user friendliness
What is a warning?
Warnings are safety communications to inform people of hazards and provide instructions to avoid/minimize undesirable consequences
Why does situation awareness differ between people?
Individual differences due knowledge and experience
What is noise?
Unwanted sound in the signal
What is Heuristic Evaluation?
It is a method for finding usability problems in a user interface design
What does the C-HIP model stand for?
Communication Human Information Processing
What is situation awareness?
Situation awareness is the perception of surroundings, comprehension of the information and understanding of future potential events.
Which of these types of work requires the highest table height: precision work, light work or heavier work?
Precision Work
What type of website structure connects pieces of information serially and do not allow branching of information?
Linear Structures
What is the FM and LI in the NIOSH Lifting Equation?
Frequency Multiplier and the Lifting Index
What are two classical threshold methods?
Method of Limits
Method of Constant Stimuli
What are the 2 alternatives to percentiles when designing?
Use of sample of human subjects as fit models
Select a set of representatives of people with relative size and shape combinations
Name the two types of measurement based tests?
comparison against quantitative objectives and comparison of products
What is the sequence of actions to dealing with hazards (Hierarchy of Hazard Control)?
Design it out, guard against it, warn about it
What are the three primary areas of the brain that receives sensory information?
Auditory, visual and somatosensory
What is OSHA PEL for a 4 hour workday?
95 dBA