principles of ui/ux design coursera week 2 quiz answers
Knowledge check: Evaluation methods
1. Who wrote the 10 Principles of Good Design?
- Jakob Nielsen
- Ben Shneiderman
- Dieter Rams
2. Accessibility enables people with disabilities to interpret, understand, navigate, interact with and contribute to the web.
- True
- False
3. Are there any guidelines that could help you design your product for accessibility?
- Yes
- No
4. Which of the following is one of Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics?
- Don’t use color alone to convey information.
- Flexibility and efficiency of use
- Provide sufficient contrast between foreground and background.
5. Is it critical that users can use the keyboard to access all interactive elements?
- Yes
- No
Knowledge check: Best practice principles
6. Why would you use a progress indicator in form design? Select all that apply.
- Users can go back and review content.
- Users can see where they are in the flow
- Users can see the time left to complete the form.
7. Most websites require that a password consists of a mix of lowercase and capital letters, symbols and numbers. Should you provide clear instructions giving the user immediate feedback on their choice of password?
- Yes
- No
8. Why do you space input fields? Select all that apply.
- The user can identify the labels that refer to the input.
- To make the UI more appealing.
- The user can see that each field is unique.
- To implement logical grouping to make the form more understandable.
9. A component, such as a button, cannot be reused on a website or an app.
- True
- False
10. Can a header be considered a component?
- Yes
- No
Knowledge check: Navigation and form design
11. Should you spend time designing forms from the user's perspective, or are they there simply to collect information from your users for the stakeholder's benefit?
- Yes. Time should be spent on good form design.
- No. Forms are used to simply correct information, so no need to spend time designing them.
12. Which of these are guidelines or best practices for form design? Select all that apply.
- Clearly label your form
- Keep forms simple and straightforward
- Make use of inline form field validation
- Use many columns
- Sort your form fields from the simplest to the most difficult
13. The best practice is to use a Captcha instead of a reCaptcha during form design.
- True
- False
14. What content strategy involves presenting content on your website in a meaningful way? Select all that apply.
- Specifications
- Presentation
- Prioritization
- Organization
- Prototyping
15. A Kebab menu consists of an image of three equal lines and informs users that there is more to discover beyond the three lines.
- Yes
- No
Module quiz: Evaluating interactive design
16. The hamburger icon is a menu icon that opens an inline menu.
- True
- False
17. Who wrote the 10 Usability Heuristics for UI design?
- Ben Shneiderman
- Jakob Nielsen
- Dieter Rams
18. Should a form field have a minimum character count, for example, a first name with three characters?
- Yes
- No
19. Which of these form-field labels are necessary? Select all that apply.
- Fail feedback
- Required
- Optional
20. Is the following statement one of Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design? “Good design is as little design as possible.”
- Yes
- No
21. Is the following statement one of Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design?
“Strive for consistency.”
- Yes
- No
22. What is a severity rating in a heuristic evaluation?
- It defines a score between zero and four to indicate how much it violates a heuristic.
- It’s a score of how well the item lines up with a heuristic.
23. What is an error rating?
- It defines a score between zero and four to indicate how easily the violation may be fixed.
- It’s a score of how badly the item lines up with a heuristic.
24. A brand style guide is a set of reusable pre-made design components and patterns that can be used to design products at scale.
- True
- False
25. Who wrote the 8 Golden Rules for UI Design?
- Dieter Rams
- Ben Shneiderman
- Jakob Nielsen