build wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes week 1 answers
Optional - Test your knowledge of prior concepts
1. What are some key benefits of considering accessibility in UX design? Select all that apply.
- Addresses societal structures and products rather than a person’s ability
- Creates solutions that often help everyone
- Ensures underrepresented and excluded groups are taken into account
2. Which phase of the design sprint helps the team find solutions to build on?
- Prototype
- Test
- Decide
- Ideate
- Understand
3. What can a researcher learn when they properly empathize with users during user research?
- The needs, behaviors, and motivations of their users
- The hopes, dreams, and assumptions of their users
- The wants, desires, and fears of their users
- The opinions, feelings, and biases of their users
4. Which of the following are examples of pain points? Select all that apply.
- Being asked to submit credit card information when no payment is required
- Receiving the same response to three different questions from an automated chatbot
- Struggling to interact with a button on a mobile app’s homepage because it’s extremely small
- Completing the checkout process for a food delivery app
5. Which of the following statements about user personas is true?
- A persona is a real user who provides real reviews on a product.
- Personas can help identify patterns of behavior in users.
- UX designers should avoid creating backstories for personas
- Personas are modeled after the characteristics of the UX designer.
6. Which of these user stories includes a type of user, an action, and a benefit?
- I want a bookshelf so I have somewhere to store my book collection.
- As a scientist, I want access to my colleagues’ published research.
- As a yoga instructor, I want to create a consistent class schedule so that my clients know how to confidently plan their weekly exercise.
- As a chef, I want access to the freshest ingredients and the highest-quality cooking utensils.
7. Fill in the blank: Designing products with accessibility and inclusivity in mind ensures that you _____.
- create an identical experience for all users
- focus on creating one solution for as many people as possible
- create a different solution for every single user.
- include solutions that benefit specific individuals, which improves the user experience for all users.
8. Which of the following is a complete problem statement?
- Hakim is an accountant who needs to collect expense reports from their coworkers.
- Akiko is a construction consultant who is building a skyscraper.
- Angelo needs a toolbox and shingles to fix the leak in their roof.
- Bella is a dance choreographer who needs to create a practice video because some of their students have school during the day and can’t attend lessons in person.
9. Identify the steps of the ideation process in the correct order.
- Documenting ideas, brainstorming, focusing on quantity, questioning obvious solutions, gathering a diverse team, and evaluating the ideas.
- Brainstorming, documenting ideas, focusing on quantity, gathering a diverse team, questioning obvious solutions, and evaluating the ideas.
- Gathering a diverse team, brainstorming, documenting ideas, questioning obvious solutions, focusing on quantity, and evaluating the ideas.
10. You’re a UX designer working on a gaming app in a competitive market space. You want to figure out what your competitors’ strengths and weaknesses are, and how to create a better product. What should you do?
- Contact each company directly
- Conduct a competitive audit
- Create a marketing plan
- Conduct informal research online
11. What are the key elements of a storyboard? Select all that apply.
- Theme
- Narrative
- Character
- Plot
- Scene
12. Which of the following scenarios would be most appropriate to use a big picture storyboard?
- You start the design process for a new grocery delivery app. You want to pitch some ideas to the team about how the user could use it and benefit from it.
- You create a tool that connects auto mechanics with local auto parts stores to check product availability in real-time. You want to test the app for possible connection issues.
- You create a new homepage for a news site. You need to show the details of the product and what happens during each step of the user experience.
Test your knowledge of design fidelity
13. Fill in the blank: Wireframes establish the basic _____ of a page and serve as an outline of a digital experience.
- images
- structure
- text
- functional specifications
14. Which of the design fidelity types would you use if you need to get ideas out quickly while leaving room open for exploration?
- Medium-fidelity design
- Low-fidelity design
- High-fidelity design
15. Identify characteristics of a low-fidelity (lo-fi) design. Select all that apply.
- Low-fi designs use simple shapes and lines
- Lo-fi designs are highly refined and polished
- Low-fi designs are often used to get ideas out quickly.
- Lo-fi designs include graphics and images