User Experience Design User Experience Design Interaction Design & Prototyping 3

Question 1

What is the key difference between a 'wizard' interaction pattern and a 'dashboard' pattern?

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Wizards guide users through a linear multi-step process; dashboards present an overview of multiple data points

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Wizards are used only on mobile; dashboards are for desktop

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Wizards require authentication; dashboards do not

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Wizards are for admins; dashboards are for end users

Question 2

Which gesture interaction type is most commonly associated with refreshing content on a mobile feed?

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Pull-to-refresh

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Pinch to zoom

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Swipe to delete

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Long press

Question 3

In interaction design, 'error prevention' is considered preferable to error recovery because:

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Preventing errors eliminates the cost and frustration of recovery entirely

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Error messages are too expensive to develop

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Users prefer complex interfaces that show all edge cases

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Error recovery requires more developer time

Question 4

What is the role of 'animation timing' in interaction design?

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Communicating relationships, causality, and state changes to orient users

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Purely decorative; it has no functional role

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Slowing down interactions so users read all content

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Increasing file size to demonstrate production quality

Question 5

Which concept describes designing an interface so that the correct action is the easiest to perform?

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Poka-yoke (mistake-proofing)

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Hick's Law

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The path of least resistance

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Gestalt principle of proximity

Question 6

In prototyping, what is a 'happy path'?

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The ideal, error-free sequence of steps a user follows to complete a task

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A user flow that ends with a success animation

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The most visually appealing screen in a prototype

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A path that avoids all accessibility requirements

Question 7

What does 'Hick's Law' predict about interaction design?

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Increasing the number of choices increases the time to make a decision

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Larger targets are faster to click

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Users prefer colorful interfaces over monochrome ones

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Errors increase proportionally with screen resolution