UX Interaction Design Principles 3

Question 1

What is the 'Gulf of Execution' in Don Norman's model of interaction?

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The gap between what a user wants to do and what the interface allows them to do

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The delay between clicking a button and seeing a response

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The visual distance between navigation items

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The difference between expert and novice user performance

Question 2

What is the 'Gulf of Evaluation' in Don Norman's model?

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The gap between the actual system state and how easily users can perceive and interpret it

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The difference between expert and novice evaluations of an interface

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The time required to complete a heuristic evaluation

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The distance between the user and the screen

Question 3

Which Gestalt principle explains why users perceive items close together as related?

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Proximity

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Similarity

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Continuity

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Closure

Question 4

What is 'chunking' in the context of interface design?

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Grouping related information together to reduce cognitive load

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Breaking large files into smaller upload packets

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Dividing a sprint into smaller tasks

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Splitting a long form into multiple pages

Question 5

In interaction design, what is 'error prevention' preferred over?

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Error messages

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User testing

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Help documentation

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Onboarding tutorials

Question 6

What principle does the 'recognition over recall' heuristic promote?

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Making options visible so users recognize them rather than having to remember them

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Ensuring users can recall previous sessions after logging in

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Helping users memorize keyboard shortcuts

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Displaying recent search history automatically