Chapter 8 Review
PSYCH 120

1. The Hick-Hyman law has to do with

decision complexity
response expectancy
S-R compatibility
feedback

2. When precision is important, _______ are preferable to _______.

direct position controls; indirect position control
indirect position control; direct position controls
high gain controls; low gain control
push buttons; toggle switches

3. Direct positioning controls, such as the touchpad, tend to

have smaller displays
be more precise
be faster
have adjustable gain

4. This data entry control requires knowledge in the head

QWERTY
Dvorak
chording keyboard
linear array

5. All of the following present a challenge to voice inputs except

similar utterances
omnidirectional
natural conversation
precision in continuous movement

6. Continuous control and tracking tasks tend to have

open tracking loop
high predictive value
a fixed target
a non fixed target

7. An automobile hood and the road represent a _______ tracking display.

compensatory
pursuit
command
disturbance

8. The rate of error correction is influenced by

bandwidth
gain
disturbance input
command input

9. Car stereos have seek tuning function. This function is a type of _______ order

zero
first
second
sluggish

10. In open loop systems

operators tend to be reactive
operators tend to be proactive
instability is substantial
the input-output relationship is not known

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