Cognitive Science

Test 3 / 2007

Modified: 4/15/2007


Instructions: Due before 2:10 p.m., Tuesday, April 24.

Answers should be legible (i.e., not hand written), complete, thoughtful, and articulate. You may consult with me via e-mail as you develop your answers (probably a good strategy). Shoot for at least one page per question and do not simply copy and paste answers. Use quotes to indicate sources you found elsewhere and provide URLs or references where appropriate. Failure to properly cite sources may lead to a grade of zero for that item!


1. What is HyperCard? What metaphor did it use? Why was HyperCard an example of hypermedia?


2. Why is chess (and other games) both an example of a success of AI and a failure of AI?


3. Look at the following Web pages: www.hsu.edu, www.uamont.edu, www.atu.edu, www.tamut.edu, and www.southark.edu.
Comment on each page in term of its appearance and usability.


4. Pretend that GUI does not yet exist. Now, write a command line interface describing your day from the moment you wake up until you walk into your first class at 9:00 a.m. (I'll get you started:

100 Turn off alarm
200 Sit up
300 Remove covers


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