In terms of improving situation awareness, which of the following is an example of improving situation awareness in level 2 (comprehension)? 

Regarding the cognitive environment, familiarity refers to what? 

In controls, we discussed needing to make controls discriminable; why is it important to make controls discriminable? 

We are designing a new version of iOS for the iPhone. We are adding in some new features, including a double tap on the screen to undo sending a text message and a new voice command option where users can simply say “Hey Siri, what is on my agenda?” which prompts Siri to pull up their daily calendar. These new features are set as defaults on the new iOS. What is an important design consideration for this iOS update?

People are more likely to remember actions and the consequence of actions if they generated the action themselves vs. watching another agent generate the same action. What aspect of situation awareness does this refer to? 

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Most cues are treated as if they are all equally valid. Which heuristic is this? 

Regarding timescales for various activities or actions, which of these activities has the shortest timescale? 

What is a design concern when it comes to automation and data entry (how users input data into the system)? 

Our goal as human factors engineers is to ensure the products and systems that we design work for our users. Which of the following is NOT consistent with the scientific base of human factors that we discussed?