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IE 48600 Exam 2 Fall 2019 pg 1
Name_____________________________
What time did you finish this exam? ______________
IE 48600 EXAM 2A
FALL 2019: NOVEMBER 22, 2019
This exam consists of
eight (8)
multiple choice questions, worth
five (5)
points each;
five (5)
short answers, worth
eight (8)
points each; and one (1) essay, worth
twenty (20)
points. Please
limit your answers to the space provided.
Multiple Choice
1. According to the text, a team-based task where team members are trained to demonstrate very
little information sharing and no coordination of task expertise would be exhibiting which aspect
of team behavior?
a)
High Discrimination
b)
Low Discrimination
c)
High Integration
d)
Low Integration
2.
According to text and lecture, which statement is most true about qualitative and independent
variables?
a)
Qualitative variables cannot be used as levels of independent variables
b)
Qualitative variables describe independent conditions differing in kind
c)
Independent variables can only have qualitative conditions to be valid
d)
Independent variables depend on changes in qualitative variable levels
3.
In some course evaluation surveys at Purdue, students answer questions based on a 5- or 7-
point
scale ranging from “Strongly disagree” to “Strongly agree.” This is
an example of what
type of scaling?
a)
Nominal Scale
b)
Ratio Scale
c)
Likert Scale
d)
Qualitative Scale
4.
Fitts’ Law (RT = a + b* (2D/W)) describes elements of cognitive and physical response
during a control task.
Which of the following terms best describes the meaning of D?
a)
Distance to target
b)
Time required to act
c)
Distraction due to noise
d)
Relative target size
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IE 48600 Exam 2 Fall 2019 pg 2
5. A child is assembling a LEGO kit and forgets to do the steps on one of the pages in the
instruction manual.
According to Swain’s THERP model, this is what type of error
?
a)
Commission
b)
Omission
c)
Sequence
d)
Timing
6.
A common scale used in emergency rooms is the pain scale, where a patient will rate their
pain from 1 (no pain at all) to 10 (the worst pain imaginable).
This pain scale is an example of
what kind of variable?
a) Subjective, qualitative
b) Objective, qualitative
c) Subjective, quantitative
d) Objective, quantitative
7.
A golf team competes in a tournament.
The overall score of the team at the end of the
tournament is the sum of the scores of the individual team members.
Based on this description,
what kind of team scoring is being used in this golf tournament?
a)
Aggregation
b)
Coordination
c)
Interdependent
d)
Supervisory
8.
An engineer measuring illumination in a classroom during a regular class period (assumed
lighting levels ~500 lux) reports the lighting at six different locations in the room as 4850, 4849,
4852, 4850, 4851, and 4850 lux.
How should we describe these lighting measures?
a)
Neither reliable nor valid
b)
Reliable, but not valid
c)
Valid, but not reliable
d)
Both reliable and valid
Short Answers
1.
Describe the difference between independent and dependent variables.
Is it possible to
have an independent, subjective, and qualitative variable?
If not, why not?
If so, give an
example.
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IE 48600 Exam 2 Fall 2019 pg 3
2.
Briefly explain the concept of Simplified English.
Why, from an information processing
perspective, would Simplified English be helpful in improving the task performance of
both native- and non-native English speakers?
3.
Explain why, according to the lectures and the textbook, pilot testing of questionnaires
and surveys is important in systematic data collection.
4.
Explain the difference between reliability and validity within a scientific and systematic
approach to data collection. Provide an example of a measurement being reliable but not
valid.
5.
Multiple choice question 5 above addresses the question of a child assembling a LEGO
kit.
According to lecture, is it the same type of error if the child intentionally decides not
to use one of the pages of the instruction manual?
Why or why not?
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IE 48600 Exam 2 Fall 2019 pg 4
ESSAY (do not exceed the space on this page)
Describe the concept of function allocation.
How does this concept relate to the concept of
human supervisory control?
How is function allocation between humans and automation
similar/different to that between humans and humans in an organizational design and
management paradigm of supervisory control?
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