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Think you know everything about User Experience? Put your knowledge to the test with our UX Trivia quiz! This interactive quiz includes questions about important concepts, historical events, and key figures in the field of UX. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, there's something here for everyone!

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In 2000, Microsoft introduced a technology for rendering text using spatial anti-aliasing at the sub-pixel level in an attempt to improve readability. What is the name of this Microsoft technology?

FuzzyType

ClearType

BetterType

CrispType

Which of the following user-behavior patterns describes the phenomenon known as “the Vortex”?

Opening multiple tabs in rapid-fire succession to save the items on those pages and revisit them at a later stage

Rapid, frequent switching among different windows or tabs

A single intentional interaction followed by a series of unplanned interactions that create a sense of being “pulled” deeper into the digital space

Repeatedly looking back at a specific region on the screen

Which of the following usability-test setups describes a between-subjects study design?

A pair of two different people collaborate during a test session.

Two different people work separately on the same tasks in different rooms at the same time.

The same participant tests all different versions of the design.

Different people test each version of the design so that each person is only exposed to a single version.

This 2008 book, Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability, was the first book devoted to the design of online forms. Who wrote it?

Ginny Redish & Joe Dumas

Caroline Jarrett & Gerry Gaffney

Jakob Nielsen

Jared Spool

Windows XP was released in 2001. What does the XP stand for?

EXtreme Performance

EXPerience

EXcellent Program

EXPert

Which of the following is a POST-TEST rather than a post-task questionnaire?

Single Ease Questionnaire

System Usability Scale (SUS)

NASA-TLX

Subjective Mental Effort Questionnaire (SMEQ)

What famous designer created this 1972 subway map for New York City?

Massimo Vignelli

Stefan Sagmeister

Paula Scher

Muriel Cooper

In a 1998 paper studying the evaluator effect in usability testing, Jacobsen and John had four evaluators watch the same usability session videos and independently identify the usability issues. What percentage of the total set of issues was identified by all evaluators?

20%

40%

60%

80%

In accessibility, what does the acronym P.O.U.R. Stand for?

Practical, Overt, Usable, and Repeatable

Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust

Preventable, Optimum, User-centric, and Real

Primary, Organized, Utilitarian, and Right

What is the name of the law related to human movement which states that the time to rapidly move to a target area (e.g., a button) is a function of the distance to the target and its size?

Fitts's Law

Moore's Law

Hick's Law

Miller's Law

In a UX context, what does BERT stand for?

Basic Early Recommendation Technique

Bipolar Emotional Response Testing

Binary Engagement Relative Testing

Basic Estimation & Rating Tool

Which of the following is the Zeigarnik Effect?

People remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.

Pictures and images are more likely to be remembered than words.

People judge an experience primarily based on how they felt at its peak and at its end, rather than the total sum or average of every moment of the experience.

When multiple similar objects are present, the one that differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered.

When was the menu button shown below, also called the Hamburger Menu or Pancake Menu, first introduced?

1981

1996

2003

2010

What is Bluetooth named for?

A 10th Century King

A cartoon character

The inventor's dog

Nothing- It was just made up

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