UX07 | Design patterns

Question 1

What is the technique that helps us process data faster and remember it more easily allowing for fewer mistakes? Hint:

• Aides short term memory
• Aides scan-ability
• Aides comprehension

Answer 1

Chunking

Question 2

Fill in the blank: Objects that are BLANK, that are symmetrical, appear more orderly and are easier to comprehend.

Answer 2

Aligned

Question 3

True or False? Top aligned labels help reduce work for users.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False? Side alignment is more work because users have to scan from left to right.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Fill in the blank: Placeholders should BLANK once you start typing.

Answer 5

Disappear

Question 6

What is the name of an interactive button for both web and mobile who’s major aim is to induce people to take certain actions that present a conversion for a particular page or screen, for example, purchase, pay now, subscribe etc?

Answer 6

Call to Action

Question 7

What indicates to users which elements on a screen are most important and which should be considered first?

HINT:

• Uses color contrast and size
• Prioritizes most important info first
• Prioritizes most common actions

Answer 7

Visual Hierarchy

Question 8

What indicates how much progress a user has made through the process?

HINT:

• Tells users what they have done
• What they need to do
• Indicates time and effort required
• Aides predictability

Answer 8

Progress Indicators

Question 9

What helps people understand how your product is operated?

HINT:

• Makes interface more perceivable
• Makes features discoverable
• Makes actions obvious
• Must use natural qualities

Answer 9

Digital Affordances

Question 10

What is a reusable solution to a problem that often occurs in UX and interaction design?

Answer 10

Pattern

Question 11

What is a collection of interactions and UX patterns called?

HINT:

• Helps identify conventions
• Good starting point
• Investigation and analysis required
• Design required

Answer 11

Pattern Libraries

Question 12

Buttons that can be pressed which offer help to users are also known as what?

Answer 12

Tooltips

Question 13

Rather than have tooltips, what should you put below the instruction?

Ex:
Create password
Must be 8 letters with 1 numerical and 1 special character

Answer 13

Help

Question 14

True or False? Putting help text right on the interface is important for complex tasks such as setting up automated form responses.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Fill in the blanks below:

1. Help is BLANK but not intrusive.
2. Help is on the BLANK rather than tooltips
3. BLANK also works well

Answer 15

1. Available
2. Interface
3. Contextual

Question 16

What is the name of the technique that tells users how they are doing as they complete a form?

HINT:

• Reduces errors and increases speed
• Increases satisfaction
• Not easy to implement and needs to be tested rigorously

Answer 16

Inline Validation

Question 17

Removing the pain from problem experiences is critical because if a user encounters a problem, they are probably already frustrated. So problems are where the interface manifests — where users actively think about the experience. If it’s poor, users will judge the system harshly. What is this known as?

HINT:

• Makes problems clear and makes it clear where the problem occurred.
• Explains how to resolve the problem to move forward with the task.

Answer 17

Error Handling