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WGU C773: User Interface Design - Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
ARPAnet - answer✔Advanced Research Project Agency[ARPA] network, a government
network that evolved into the internet in 1982.
Back-end - answer✔A Web site is the code & functionality that resides on the Web Server, & is
invisible to end-users.
Cascading Style Sheets [CSS] - answer✔W3C technology for laying out & formatting HTML
docs.
W3C - answer✔World Wide Web Consortium an international community that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Dad Visualization - answer✔Complex data depicted in a simple, graphic format.
Design Document - answer✔Compendium of design-centered documentation: goal statements,
competitor analyses, customer interviews, functional specs, sketches, wireframes, mockups, etc.
Dynamic HTML [DHTML] - answer✔Set of technologies used to create interactive Web sites,
typically HTML, JavaScript & CSS.
Flash - answer✔Proprietary technology for developing Web animations; sometimes used as a
platform for entire sites. Requires a browser plug-in to view & run.
Flat UI Design - answer✔Minimalist approach to UI design that uses simple 2D visual elements,
typography and colors.
Front-End - answer✔Web site is visible interface that end users interact with.
Hypertext Markup Language [HTML] - answer✔Basic language for structuring documents to
display in Web browsers.
Media Query - answer✔CSS3 feature that enables content presentation to adapt to variable
conditions such as screen size & resolution across a variety of devices. [smartphone, tablet,
laptop, desktop]
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Parallax Scrolling - answer✔Computer-graphic technique in which background layers of an
image scroll slower than the foreground layers.
User Interface [UI] Design - answer✔Planning & creation of a set of controls that enable a user
to interact with a computer device.
White Space - answer✔Blank space used to separate objects in a design. Can be color, not just
what. Also called empty, blank, or negative space.
Wireframes - answer✔Blueprint-like diagram of a user interface.
Web Site Designer - answer✔Like the right brain hemisphere: creative, imaginative, & intuitive.
Web Site Developer - answer✔Like the left brain hemisphere: logical, linear & analytical.
"On Time & On Budget" - answer✔Mantra of a project manager.
Web Site Style Guide - answer✔Compendium on conventions for the formatting & content of a
Web site.
Responsive Design - answer✔Seeks to provide an optimal experience for users across a wide
range of devices.
Different Web Design teams use different models to capture their process for executing a project.
Most models share these essential phases [in chronological order] - answer✔Information
gathering, Planning, Design, Development, Testing, & Delivery & Maintenance.
Developer Responsibilities - answer✔Programming front-end UI [Uses client-side code,
HTML,CSS, JavaScript, etc.], Programming back-end application [Server-side code such as
PHP, MySQL, etc.], Testing, revising & re-testing over and over again until everything on site
looks & behaves exactly as project design dictates.
Agile Design - answer✔Depends strongly on collaboration.
Bottom-up Design - answer✔Moves from parts to whole
Ethical - answer✔Based on common attitudes about right vs wrong.
Legal - answer✔Based on common attitudes about right vs wrong.
Mind Mapping - answer✔Captures and arranges ideas. Diagram used to visually organized
information.
Mood Board - answer✔Depicts a site's layout and color scheme.
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Site Specification - answer✔Functionality, content, architecture, and design.
Vision Statement - answer✔Like a mission statement for a site.
Web Site Host - answer✔ISP
Word List - answer✔Describes the site theme.
Cross-Functional Teams - answer✔Work teams composed of members with different skill sets,
such as usability experts, graphic designers, and programmers.
Iterative Process - answer✔Process that is repeated as many times as it takes to achieve a desired
goal.
Publishing a Site - answer✔Uploading all of the site files to a Web server and making these files
accessible to the public on the internet.
Web Site Architecture - answer✔Organization of the content of a Web site.
Web Site Specification - answer✔Detailed description of the key considerations & components
that go into making the site.
Benefit of drawing a mind map by hand. - answer✔It fosters an immediate & visceral connection
between hand, brain, & map contents.
Architecture - answer✔Defines structure of the site.
Suggested tactic for implementing the general strategy of attracting & retaining site visitiors. -
answer✔Personalize users experience by displaying their name, visual preferences [colors,
layout, text size, etc.], products suited to their profile, and so on.
A set of standards guiding the conduct of the members of a World Wide Web community &
establish basic values for responsible actions & practices within that community. -
answer✔Ethics
Denial of Service [DOS] attack. - answer✔Attack that cripples the server by consuming all of its
network bandwidth, forcing them to deny service to the users.
Advantage of using mood boards for design? - answer✔Thing of beauty, an artistic collage in its
own right. Aesthetically strong mood board can inspire a design team to make the Web site
equally beautiful.
Who should review & approve the specification before the project moves forward to the design
phase. - answer✔Client [individual or company who hired you to design the Website]
