Usability, Myths, Laws & Org Management Flashcards

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What determines how easy a design’s user interface is to use and how functional a product or design is?

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Usability

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True or false: Accessibility increases the chances of more people being able to use a product or design regardless of their abilities.

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True

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What type of issues occur when all users face some difficulty using a product or service?

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Usability

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What type of issues occur when people with disabilities encounter difficulties using or accessing a product or service?

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Accessibility

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True or false: Remediating accessibility issues may cause usability issues?

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True

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If navigating a website is unclear, or its structure is illogical and extremely complex for all users, the website has what type of issues?

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Usability issues

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Buildings that provide ramps as an alternative for steps or have flat entryways resolve which type of issue?

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Accessibility issues

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What are 5 myths and misconceptions about accessibility?

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Accessibility benefits only a small minority
Accessibility is a short-term project
Accessibility should be the last step
Accessibility is hard & expensive
Accessibility is ugly
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What is the truth behind the myth that accessibility only benefits a small minority?

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Benefits a wide variety of people because anyone can acquire a disability, and people with disabilities are a sizable minority.

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True or false: Accessible websites are better for people who are aging who may be losing their eyesight, hearing, mobility or cognition?

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True

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True or false: Accessibility is an ongoing requirement in all stages of design, development and QA?

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True

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True or false: Accessibility needs to be part of the process from start to finish?

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True

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True or false: Systematic discrimination plays a key role in suppressing the potential of people with disabilities?

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True

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True or false: Designing for accessibility is much easier (and results in a better design) than retrofitting for accessibility?

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True

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Why is the cost of accessibility reasonable when compared to the cost of the alternatives?

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Lawsuits and negative publicity are expensive

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What are some accessibility features that don’t alter the design of a website?

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Alt text
Labels on form elements
Headings 
Table headers 
Lists
Language
Keyboard accessibility
Reading order
Captions
Audio descriptions
ARIA
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What accessibility features alter the visual appearance of a website?

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Color contrast

Links to skip navigation

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How can you design for people with cognitive disabilities?

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Simplify content
Illustrate concepts with images
Avoid slang or idiomatic expressions
Expand acronyms and abbreviations the first time they appear

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What are the 3 categories of accessibility laws?

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Civil rights laws
Procurement laws
Industry-specific laws

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What are civil rights laws?

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Laws that emphasize equal rights for people with disabilities, often making it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities. ADA is a civil rights law

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What are procurement laws?

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Laws that require accessibility be taken into account when making a purchase or contracting for services. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and EN 301 549 are procurement laws.

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What are industry-specific laws?

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Laws that apply to industries that are important to accessibility. CVAA and ACAA are industry-specific laws.

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What was the first document to establish fundamental human rights, and is considered the foundation of international human rights laws?

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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When did the United Nations General Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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December 10, 1948, in Paris, France

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What does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights include?

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30 articles that state fundamental human rights ranging from right to life, liberty, equality, spiritual and political freedoms, to social, cultural, and economic rights.

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What is considered the most important political and democratic expression of the will to grant and guarantee equal human rights to people with disabilities at a global level?

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)

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What is the UN CRPD?

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A binding human rights treaty and serves as a framework for legal advocacy.

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Why did the UN CRPD happen?

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Result of long lasting political civil rights movements driving the shift from the personal deficit model of disability towards an inclusive, equal chances and human rights model

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What is the Optional Protocol?

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Launched in 2008, implements the competencies and rights of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to monitor and accept complaints; Provides a tool to make the UN CRPD operational and impacting in practice.

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What has become a key instrument for people with disabilities to fight discrimination and exclusion and to promote, implement, monitor and defend inclusion, accessibility and equal opportunities?

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The UN CRPD and its Optional Protocol

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What are the 4 categories of domains addressed by the UN CRPD?

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Universal
Indivisible
Interdependent
Interrelated

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What is the Monitoring, Reporting and Claiming Process of the UN CRPD?

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Allows end user organizations to facilitate, monitor and report on the state of the art, activities, progress, shortcomings, discrimination and exclusion.

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What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

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Broad civil rights law in the U.S. that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, architectural design, transportation, examinations and courses, and the services offering “public accommodation.”

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True or false: Many web accessibility lawsuits in the United States invoke the ADA as the basis for the legal complaint because of the language about “public accommodation”?

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True

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Who does the ADA apply to?

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Businesses and organizations open to the public, with the exception of religious entities and private clubs
Federal and state government entities

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Who enforces the ADA?

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Consumers filing formal complaints

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What is The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?

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Civil rights law that applies to every person or organization in the public and private sectors of the Province of Ontario

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What is the Equality Act of 2010?

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One of the main civil rights laws related to web accessibility in the UK that prohibits discrimination in the workplace and in society

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What 3 laws does the Equality Act replace and supersede?

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Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Race Relations Act 1976
Disability Discrimination Act 1995

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Who does The Equality Act apply to?

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Public authorities and any organization that is carrying out a public function

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How does The Equality Act (EQA) apply to websites?

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The reference to the “provision of a service” applies to commercial web services as much as to traditional services

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What is the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Person with Disabilities?

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Japanese legislation that prohibits discrimination based on disability and requires organizations and private entities to provide the necessary accommodations that remove social barriers for people with disabilities

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What is Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act?

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Requires the U.S. federal government to take accessibility into account when procuring information technologies

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Which parts of Section 508 are most relevant to web accessibility?

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  1. 21 – Software applications and operating systems
  2. 22 – Web-based intranet and internet information and applications
  3. 31 – Functional performance criteria
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Who does Section 508 apply to?

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US federal government entities only

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Who enforces Section 508?

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Consumers filing formal complaints

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What is EN 301 549?

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Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe

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What is the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)?

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Law that requires video communications, text messaging, web browsers on mobile devices, and other similar technologies to be accessible to people with disabilities.

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How does the CVAA apply to web developers?

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Video programs presented with captions on television must be presented with closed-captions on the internet.

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Who does the CVAA apply to?

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Entities already covered by FCC regulations (telecommunication hardware and software providers, television broadcasters and television hardware/software providers)

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Who enforces the CVAA?

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Consumers filing formal complaints

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What is the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA)?

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Law prohibiting disability discrimination in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities

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On November 12, 2013 the DoT issued a rule requiring what?

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Airline carrier websites and ticket kiosks to be accessible to people with disabilities

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True or false: U.S and foreign air carriers operating flights within or to the U.S. or selling tickets to the U.S. public are required to have websites that conform to WCAG Level AA?

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True

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Who does the ACAA apply to?

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U.S. and foreign air carriers operating flights within or to the U.S. or selling tickets to the U.S. public

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Who enforces the ACAA?

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Consumers filing formal complaints

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What are the 4 categories covered by the Web Standards for the Government of Canada?

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Accessibility
Usability
Interoperability
Mobile devices

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True or false: The Web Standards for the Government of Canada apply explicitly to the private sector?

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False

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What are the Quebec: Standards sur l’accessibilité du Web

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Law for government websites to comply to a modified version of WCAG Level AA

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What is the Référentiel Général d’Accessibilité pour les Administrations (RGAA)?

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Law for all French central government websites and public services are required to comply to based on WCAG Level AA

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What is the Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung (BITV 2)?

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Law for German government websites to comply to based on a modified version of WCAG

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What is the Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information provided by Public Bodies?

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Law for government websites in Ireland based on WCAG 1.0

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What is Law 4/2004 (“Stanca” Law)?

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Law for Italian government websites based on WCAG 1.0, Level AA

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What are the Web Accessibility Laws and Policies in the Netherlands?

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All government websites must comply with WCAG Level AA

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What is Law 34/2002, Law 51/2003?

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Law for government websites in Spain based on WCAG 1.0 Level AA

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What is the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X 8341?

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Central and local government websites must comply with “Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities – Information and communications equipment, software and services” which is based on WCAG

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What technology laws are in place in New Zealand?

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Web Accessibility Standard 1.1

Web Usability Standard 1.3

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Who is directly affected by the laws of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act in addition to the U.S. federal government?

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All organizations that do business with the federal government

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Who is directly affected by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?

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Every person and organization in the Province of Ontario who provides goods, services, facilities, or employment

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Which European mandate is similar to Section 508 in the United States?

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EN 301 549: Accessibility requirements suitable for public procurement of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) products and services in Europe