Most questions follow a similar format: basic starter, something in more depth next, or possibly practical or based on your experiences/practical work, and a final part or parts that require you to think in more detail and apply what you know to a potentially new situation. The exam will be balanced towards the areas you have spend most time working on – so by looking at your work, you should be able to build a picture of what is going to the in the exam. Questions below are somewhat representative of the form of questions that the exam will follow, but you should use these as supplementary advice, not as hints as to what will be there.
1. (a) What is the ‘creative tray’ used for in design?
(b) Describe how you would use the creative tray in a design meeting
(c) What outputs would you expect from such a meeting?
2. List the main components of the user-centred design lifecycle. For each, outline what it does
3. (a) What is heuristic evaluation?
(b) What is it used for?
(c) List three heuristics
(d) Describe using it in practice
4. What is a mental model, and how is it used in HCI?
5. Mobile systems suffer from small screens and limited processing power. Discuss ways of addressing this.
Answers are available, but I would suggest you jot down the main content of your answers before looking - it will help you in the long run.