User Experience Design User Experience Design Interaction Design & Prototyping 2

Question 1

What is the main goal of 'progressive disclosure' in interaction design?

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Revealing only necessary information at each step to reduce cognitive overload

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Showing all features upfront to reduce confusion

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Disclosing privacy policies progressively

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Gradually increasing animation speed

Question 2

In the context of micro-interactions, what are the four structural components identified by Dan Saffer?

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Trigger, rules, feedback, loops and modes

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Input, process, output, feedback

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Gesture, animation, timing, sound

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Action, reaction, confirmation, error

Question 3

Which prototyping tool feature allows designers to define interactive states such as hover, pressed, and focused?

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Component variants

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Design tokens

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Auto-layout

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Responsive breakpoints

Question 4

What is 'chunking' as it applies to interaction design?

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Grouping related information together to aid comprehension and memory

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Breaking large files into smaller uploads

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Caching user data for faster performance

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Splitting a prototype into screens

Question 5

In interaction design, what does 'direct manipulation' refer to?

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Users interacting with objects on-screen in a way that mirrors physical actions

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Editing HTML directly in the browser

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Developers modifying UI code without a designer

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Clicking through a prototype without reading instructions

Question 6

Which approach best describes 'interaction pattern libraries'?

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Documented, reusable solutions to common UI interaction problems

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Collections of user research findings from past studies

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Libraries of animation keyframes for developers

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Sets of brand guidelines for visual consistency

Question 7

What is the purpose of a 'storyboard' in the UX prototyping process?

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To visually narrate how a user interacts with a product within a real-world context

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To document technical API specifications

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To present color palette options to stakeholders

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To map out the database schema