John Ramil C.

Raga-as BSIT II-1 September 9, 2019

IT-212 (Human - Computer Interaction)

Activity No. 2
(Human and Computer)

1. Individually find as many different examples as you can of physical

controls, special device and displays.
a) List them.
 Microwave
 Washing machine
 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
 Mini Disc Player

b) Try to group them, or classify them.

Physical Controls Special Devices and Displays

 Microwave  Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)

 Washing Machine  Liquid Crystal Display

(LCD)

 Mini Disc Player 

c) Discuss whether you believe the control, special device and

display is suitable for its purpose.
 The microwave, washing machine and mini disc player is
belong to physical control because of this devices have
multi-function buttons that have been pressed or turned.
While CRT and LCD belongs to special devices and
displays because of this devices can process data
through visual that can see of human and can easily
understand what can visualize. And I believe that these
devices that will mention above will be suitable for its
purpose because of their respective functions.

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2. It involves you examining a variety of input and output devices in

order to understand how they disrespect interaction.
 Input and output devices are used both to describe the
process of entering / displaying data, you often need to
produce output of the results. Output can be displayed on
the display devices (CRT, LCD and etc.).

3. A typical computer system comprises a QWERTY keyboard, a mouse

and a colored screen. There is usually some form of loudspeaker as
well. You should know how the keyboard, mouse and screen work – if
not, study/ explore/ read up on it.
a) What variety of input does the keyboard support?
 Typing text,
 Entering numerical data,
 Used in text editing operations, and
 To easily invoke certain program function.

b) What variety of input does the mouse support?

 Choosing menus/ option

c) Are these adequate for all possible applications? If not, to

which areas are they most suited? Do these areas map
well onto the typical requirements for users of computer
systems?
 Yes, because of these devices is suitable for all
possible input data’s in our computer systems.

d) If you were designing a keyboard for a modern computer,

and you wanted to produce a faster, easier-to-use layout,
what information would you need to know and how would
that influence the design?
 The opinions and suggestions of the user is the very
important information that the designer want to
know because the user can know the suitable
keyboard that can be use and the suggestion will be
influence the design because the designer is
followed the wants of their users.

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4. Choose a couple of computer input devices that you are aware of

(joystick, light pen, touchscreen, trackball, eye gaze, data glove, and
etc.) and note down how each has different features that support
certain forms interaction. You ought to know a little about all of these
devices – if you don’t, research them.
Different Features

TRACKBALL EYE GAZE

Sensor Eye tracking

Can control thumb, Easy to choose menu

finger/palm of the hand
Upside – down mouse

4.1 What is the myth of the infinitely fast machine?

 Most specification and documentation of interactive systems
covers only steady state functionality. That is, the effect of each
user command on the state and display of the system is
described, but the effect of lags between the entries of these
and when the system actually responds is ignored. Effectively,
the system is seen as executing on an infinitely fast machine!
The obvious exceptions to this are those systems which
explicitly deal with real time phenomena; response timing,
games, simulations etc. However it is those systems whose real
time behavior is incidental which this paper addresses.

4.2 Pick one of the following scenarios, and choose a suitable

combination of input and output devices to best support the intended
interaction. It may help to identify typical users or classes of user, and
identify how the devices chosen support these people in their tasks.
Explain the major problems that the input and output devices solve.

a. Environmental database
 A computer database is under development that will hold
environmental information. This ranges from meteorological
measurements through fish catches to descriptions of pollution,
and will include topographical details and sketches and

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photographs. The data has to be accessed only by experts, but
they want to be able to describe and retrieve any piece of data
within a few seconds.

b. Word processor for blind people

 A word processor for blind users is needed, which can also be
operated by sighted people. It has to support the standard set
of word-processing tasks.