C773 Chapter 1 Practice Test
Your project manager questions your use of white space on your merchandise page. You reply:
"White space serves to emphasize page content by framing it in an uncluttered container."
Your design team is brainstorming keywords to use on your site for SEO keywords. You suggest using "long tail keywords" and define it as:
A keyword phrase, usually 3-5 words.
DHTML introduced the notion of interactive web pages, which enabled users not only to read static content, but also to interact with content dynamically. What is DHTML?
An umbrella term for a set of technologies used to create interactive web sites, typically HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
All site visitors are not the same and have different preferences. To accommodate these difference you need to provide your site with at least how many navigation options?
At least two but no more than three.
Once the strategy, content, usability and design are all in place, someone has to actually write the code for the web site. That person is the developer, whose responsibilities include all of the following except:
Creating the site's graphic images, which can be extremely time-consuming
Although documentation may not seem as appealing as hands-on design and development, it is a crucial part of the process. Which of the following documents is a compendium of all the design-centered documentation?
Design document
Acknowledging that the long-term trend of mobile device usage is likely to increase, which approach will you keep in mind when creating interactive sites?
Designing for mobile Web devices is now the rule, not the exception.
Acknowledging that the long-term trend of mobile device usage is likely to increase, which approach will you keep in mind when creating interactive sites?
Designing for mobile web devices is now the rule, not the exception.
Designing for mobile web devices is now the rule, not the exception. How is this achieved?
Developers typically accomplish this by using fluid page grids, flexible images and CSS3 media queries.
While working within a web design team you notice that working collaboratively offers which of the following benefits?
Each collaborator brings a unique set of skills to the team.
Flash began with a modest set of tools for producing simple animated web site graphics, and evolved quickly into a robust platform for developing entire Flash-driven sites. The beauty of Flash was that it:
Enabled designers to overcome some of the most severe limitations of HTML.
Which of the following supports a minimalist approach to web design?
Flat UI objects, simple navigation and plenty of white space.
You are about to build the first page for you website and you ask all the other developers and designers in your group to send you all the texts, images, audio and video files that will be incorporated into your site. What are you doing?
Gathering all the existing assets for your page.
In summative testing phase you are seeking test results that are objective and quantitative. Which of the following questions will you be testing?
How much time and how many clicks does it take for a user to find a specific piece of information?
Your design team is working collaboratively on a project and you find yourself enjoying working in this type of environment. Why is this?
Humans are social animals and participating in a cohesive team, surrounded by intelligent and skilled people who genuinely care for each other is good for us.
In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau proposed the use of what "to link and access information of various kinds as a web of nodes in which the user can browse at will."
Hypertext
Which statement regarding the evolution of web user interface is true?
Hypertext Markup Language enabled users to interact with page content through the browser by scrolling and clicking links, HTML tables then transitioned web designers into thinking in terms of more complex, fluid layouts and DHTML allowed designers to create fully interactive websites.
Several situations call for the creation of a personal web project portfolio. Which of these however is the most compelling reason?
In most cases, your personal portfolio is the single most important determinant of whether or not a potential customer hires you.
Different web design teams use different models to capture their process for executing a project. Most models share the essential phases listed below. In which answer are they in the correct chronological order?
Information gathering, planning, design, development, testing, delivery and maintenance
The rising popularity of Flash and DHTML (late 1990s/early 2000s) introduced which of the following?
It enabled users not only to read static content, but also to interact with content dynamically.
Data visualization — depicting complex data in simple visual form — has found its way to the Web. What does this mean to Web designers?
It is an exciting trend because good data visualizations can be both beautiful and engaging for users.
Data visualization — depicting complex data in simple visual form — has found its way to the Web. What does this mean to web designers?
It is an exciting trend because good data visualizations can be both beautiful and engaging for users.
How does a personal portfolio create trust?
It is one thing to tell someone what a great designer you are, what great work you have done and how many prestigious customers you have had.
While promoting yourself to a potential employer you show him/her your web design portfolio. How does doing this create trust with the potential employer?
It provides evidence of your abilities and accomplishments
Which of the following is a scripting (programming) language that enables users to interact with web page objects, such as text, images, menus, forms, slideshows, calendars and so forth?
JavaScript
When creating a site map for your web site you begin by organizing your site content into a set of main categories. What is the next step in creating a site map?
List the individual pages to be included in each category.
One of the most important requirements in web design today is providing an optimal experience for users across a wide range of devices. Developers typically accomplish this by using fluid page grids, flexible images and what other method?
Media queries
You are asking the programmers to write metadata into your web pages when your coworker asks you to explain what metadata is. You explain that:
Metadata is a special type of data that provides information about the other data contained in a web page or site.
Question 28 : A web site style guide promotes consistency in content and formatting as is crucial for a large site. Which of the following would be found in a web site style guide?
Page layouts, color schemes, typography, graphics, tone, content, page and widgets.
What is defined as "a computer-graphic technique in which background layers of an image scroll slower than foreground layers, creating an illusion of 3D depth and movement"?
Parallax scrolling
Why is participating in a cohesive team, surrounded by intelligent and skilled people who genuinely care for each other, good for us?
People in a good, positive work environment are more likely to invest time and energy into the team and remain loyal to the company
All major browsers facilitate fine-tuning and debugging of your code by providing built-in developer tools. Which developer tool will you use to help you optimize your page performance in regards to load time, render time and memory usage?
Performance tools
You are the Project Manager overseeing the development of a large site. During which project phase would you expect to determine the type of navigation your site will include?
Planning phase
Web design is a team project. No matter how big or small the project, the same set of core roles must be represented in every web design team. Which team member is known as the "team leader"?
Project manager
Which group of people would be best suited to test your site for usability?
Real-world users
Which of the following is a form and is typically the first point of communication with a new visitor to your site?
Registration forms
Web analytic tools can give you valuable data in optimizing web usage. Which of the following information is collected, measured and analyzed by web analytics?
Search engine optimization and marketing analysis
Web designers have traditionally taken great care to keep as much of a page's main content "above the fold." Why has this practice changed in recent years?
The "above the fold" trend is changing simply because scrolling by swiping is so common on small screens that users have become accustomed to doing so.
While researching legal and ethical web practices you read about the CAN-SPAM Act of 2004. The CAN-SPAM act addresses which of the following?
The CAN-SPAM act grants U.S. citizens the right to demand that they be removed from a commercial email list.
In which project phase does the web design team determine the look and feel of the site, including color scheme, typography, layout, and UI sketches and wireframes, mockups, and graphics creation?
The Design Phase
The Design phase of project management includes the creating of UI sketches and wireframes. To which team member would you assign this task?
The Designer
Understanding the roles and responsibilities of the members of the web design team, which members play a critical role at the very start of a web development project?
The Strategist and Content Specialist
In this golden age of user-centered design, it is crucial for a web site to provide its visitors with satisfying experiences. In a design team, who is responsible for making this happen?
The Usability Expert
As the lead developer on the site you write the following code into your CSS. What does the "fixed" setting relay? body { background: #000000 url("bground1.gif") repeat-x fixed; }
The image will not scroll with the page.
You are writing a mission statement for your company. You want your mission statement to be clear, memorable and concise. Therefore, you make your mission how long?
The mission statement should be a single sentence that states the main goal of the company and its mission in the world.
Finally, you are ready to publish your site. As a web site developer you are responsible for all of the following except:
The physical web server
You have been assigned the role of a back-end developer. What would be a concern to you?
The server The applications that manage the database The database
In computing, what is a "user interface"?
The set of hardware and software controls that enables a user to interact with a computer device.
A web site style guide promotes consistency in content and formatting and is crucial for a large web site. When should the style guide be developed?
The style guide should be documented at the beginning of project development, consulted and updated frequently throughout project development and updated on an ongoing basis as the web site matures.
Responsive web design is generally accomplished by using one of three main techniques: Grid-based layouts, resizable images and CSS3 media queries. Which statement below describes the grid-based layout technique?
This technique uses percentage-based dimensions to enable a page to stretch as far as the browser window will allow.
A user makes the following comment about your site: "It just felt whole. It felt like everything was in the right place and it was harmonious." You realize you have achieved:
Unity
When creating a web site, which team member would you appoint responsible for ensuring the site provides its visitors with a satisfying experience?
Usability Expert
When creating a site using a minimalist design approach to web design, which concept(s) are you most likely to consider?
Using flat UI objects, simple navigation and plenty of white space.
Which of the following describes the Main Success Scenario element of a use case document?
What the actor needs to do to meet the goal.
The proper use of white makes a web page look clear, clean and correct. What else do you consider when thinking about adding white space to your site?
White space can make a page look more professional and elegant.
Which of the following colors has been likened to a "chameleon" because changing its shade dramatically changes its effect?
Yellow
You are currently creating personas of who will use your site. Which phase of the UCD process are you currently in?
You are in the Analysis phase as creating personas is integral to keeping the user as the center of design.
Establishing the brand of YOU — or promoting yourself and your skills, is a vital link in becoming a successful web designer. Which of the following would you chose to incorporate into your own web design project portfolio to successfully promote yourself?
You infuse your portfolio with strong branding elements, such as a compelling logo, tagline, color scheme and typography making your work unforgettable to a potential employer.
You and your coworker are organizing your navigational elements. You are the more experienced designer and, respecting the "serial position effect" you suggest putting the navigation options in which order?
You put the most important navigation options at the beginning and at the end of your navigation bars and menus.
Suppose that the project manager for your UI job asks you about current trends in user interface design. Which would most likely be your response?
You would respond in great detail about how current trends in UI include responsive design and parallax scrolling. You mention one color dominance and hero images as well as storytelling and human look-and-feel.
Your Project Manager asks you why you are running your pages through a code validator. You inform him/her that:
a code validator verifies the correctness of your website code and its adherence to the coding language's rules, syntax, and recommended practices.
Usability is an extremely important issue for user-centered designers. A product can be innovative, beautiful, powerful, etc., but if it has low usability, it will:
fail in the marketplace.
As a professional web site developer you are explaining how to add images to your page. You explain that the pathname for the image is specified in which part of the <img> tag?
src
In which way does the Agile design methodology streamline the process of developing a website?
Agile design allows cross-functional teams to collaborate on a project and thus helps to spot and minimize bottlenecks in the workflow.
It is now time to publish your site. In order to do so, which type of files do you upload to the web server?
All the files associated with your site including HTML, CSS, JavaScripts, images, audio, multimedia, etc.
Understanding that the color black is the absence of all color on the RGB color model, which of the following would display the color black?
0,0,0
Choosing a good color scheme is easy if you use the color wheel. The color wheel proceeds through the entire visible spectrum of colors and is divided into how many sections?
12
As a professional coder you enclose your navigation section of your web page in which HTML5 elements?
<nav>...</nav>
Once you decide what navigation elements to use, the next step is to:
Choose color and typography schemes for the navigation elements.
If Web designers and developers are like the two hemispheres of a single Web site-creation brain and the designer is the right hemisphere: creative, imaginative and intuitive, while the developer is the left hemisphere: logical, linear and analytical, which responsibility lies on the designer?
Converting UI sketches to wireframes and wireframes into page mockups
If web designers and developers are like the two hemispheres of a single web site-creation brain and the designer is the right hemisphere: creative, imaginative and intuitive, while the developer is the left hemisphere: logical, linear and analytical, which responsibility lies on the designer?
Converting UI sketches to wireframes and wireframes into page mockups
