1st SELF-TEST

Multiple Choices

1. Human Factors Engineering (HFE) or Engineering Psychology is the

discipline of applying what is known about human capabilities and limitations
to the design of
a. organizing, planning, leading, controlling
b. products, processes, systems, work environments
c. directing, goal setting, decision making, resource allocation

2. Human Factors Engineering is the key factor in ensuring the effectiveness,

safety, usability, acceptability and success of
a. human -machine/computers - system integrations
b. grouping jobs into manageable units
c. designing jobs, designing machines and technology, designing work
environment

3. Human Factors Engineering is important field of knowledge for engineers to

a. understand processes of assuring that an organization’s members perform
in a manner consistent with the organizational culture
b. understand the capabilities and limitations of the users
c. monitoring progress to ensure that the person attains his desired goals

4. Human Factors Engineering is the multidisciplinary field of science and it

consists in
a. Human Factors
b. Computer Science
c. Cognitive Psychology
d. Engineering Psychology
e. Internet Psychology
f. Human Factors Science or Human Factors Technologies
g. Human Factors Integration
h. Social Relations
i. Macro-ergonomics

5. Humans have limitations and capabilities

a. yes, agree
b. no, it is not true

6. Demand-Resource Theory in Engineering Psychology is a theory of multiple

pools of attentional resources in relation to different information processing
demands
a. yes, agree
b. no, it is not true

7. The terms human factors and ergonomics have only been widely used in
a. past ten years
b. after the World War II
c. before the World War II

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d. before 19th century

8. Macro-ergonomics is an approach to ergonomics that emphasizes

a. an interaction between human - machine
b. an interaction between human – environment
c. an interaction between society - technology

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