SY DE 142: Web Assignments

Note: These assignments are created from assignments, midterms and finals of previous years.
          There may be some variation among the topics covered from year to year.

For best results, do the assignment before consulting the solution.

		Assignment	Solution
Assignments on Lectures		General Learning About Human Factors Issues	Individual solutions (see TAs)
		Accident Analysis	Accident Analysis Accident Analysis: Fault Tree
		Displays and Controls	Individual solutions (see TAs)
		User Testing	User Testing
		Design Process	Design Process
		Mental Workload	Mental Workload
		Stress	Stress
		Shift Work and Circadian Rhythms	Individual solutions (see TAs)
		Anthropometry	Anthropometry
Assignments on Case Studies		Tigershark	Tigershark
		Return from Salyut	Return from Salyut
		Rental Car	Tutorial Problem: Rental Car
		Set Phasers on Stun	Tutorial Problem: Set Phasers on Stun
		Genie in the Bottle	Genie in the Bottle
Assignments on Films		To engineer is human	To engineer is human
		Top Gun and Beyond	Top Gun and Beyond
		Why Planes Crash	Why Planes Crash
Advanced Topics (may not be covered)		Microsoft Paperclip Man	Information Theory Signal Detection Theory Paperclip Man
Example of a Longer Question		Case Study: Three Mile Island	Case Study: Three Mile Island
Automation		Why Planes Crash	Why Planes Crash
		Why Planes Crash #2 (new)	Why Planes Crash #2
Cognition		Act of God	Act of God
		Lost Cord	Lost Cord
		The Wizards of Wall Street	The Wizards of Wall Street
Expected Value Theory		Expected Value Theory: Problem	Expected Value Theory: Problem
		Expected Value Theory: Problem2	Expected Value Theory: Problem2
		Expected Value Theory. Problem #3 (new)	Expected Value Theory. Problem #3 (new)
Fault Tree Analysis		Peppermint	Peppermint
Hick Hyman Law		Hick Hyman Law: Problem	Hick Hyman Law: Problem
		Hick Hyman Law: Problem 2	Hick Hyman Law: Problem 2
		Hick Hyman Law: Problem 3 (new)	Hick Hyman Law: Problem 3
Knowledge Head World Working		Lost Cord	Lost Cord
Action Cycle and gulfs		Set Phasers on Stun	Set Phasers on Stun
		Rental Car	Rental Car
		Lost Cord	Lost Cord
		Set Phasers On Stun (Action Cycle – new)	Set Phasers On Stun (Action Cycle – new)
System Accidents		Act of God	Act of God
		Peppermint	Peppermint
		System Accidents: Problem	System Accidents: Problem
		System Accidents: Problem 2	System Accidents: Problem 2
		Lost Cord (new)	Lost Cord
Human Interface Model/ Interface Design/ Human Machine System		Set Phasers on Stun	Set Phasers on Stun
		Act of God	Act of God
		Set Phasers on Stun (feedback and Gulf -new)	Set Phasers on Stun (feedback and Gulf -new)
Biomechanics		Biomechanics Question	Biomechanics Solution
		Biomechanics Question #2 (new)	Biomechanics Solution #2
Work Physiology		WBGT Limits (new)	WBGT Limits
Anthropometry		Anthropometry Question	Anthropometry Solution
		Anthropometry Question #2 (new)	Anthropometry Question #2 (new)
Human Error		Human Error in Set Phasers On Stun	Human Error in Set Phasers On Stun
Exam Reviews		Midterm 2002	SD-142 Spring 2002 Solution
		Midterm 2003	SD-142 Spring 2003 Solution
		Midterm 2004	SD-142 Spring 2004 Solution
2002 Exam Case Study		Russians Blame Swiss ATC for mid-air collision.
		Fault Tree question for mid-air collision	Fault Tree solution for mid-air collision
		Automation question for mid-air collision	Automation solution for mid-air collision
		Systems Accident question for mid-air collision	Systems Accident solution for mid-air collision
		Human Error question for mid-air collision	Human Error solution for mid-air collision
	2003 Exam Case Study (New):	Chernobyl Case Study
		Fault Tree for Chernobyl		Fault Tree solution for Chernobyl
		Human Action Cycle question for Chernobyl		HAC solution for Chernobyl
		Systems Accident question for Chernobyl		Systems Accident solution for Chernobyl
		Human Error question for Chernobyl		Human Error solution for Chernobyl

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Last updated: July 09, 2004

By: Roshanak Moradi