Platforms and Contexts Quiz :Prototyping and Design (User Interface Design Specialization) Answes 2026

Most accurate statement about responsive web design:

• ✅ A good strategy is to design first for smartphone-sized screens, since it forces you to prioritize your app’s content and features; you can add in less important content and features as screen size increases.

• ❌ Design first for large desktop screens and simplify later

• ❌ Efficiency/response time is the main concern

• ❌ Optimize layouts for every exact phone screen size

Explanation:
This is known as mobile-first design. Starting small forces prioritization and results in cleaner, more adaptable interfaces.

Question 2

Automotive interfaces benefit most from which design principle?

• ✅ Standardization

• ❌ Interlocks

• ❌ Context-Sensitive Design

• ❌ Error Avoidance

Explanation:
Standard placement of steering wheels, pedals, and controls reduces learning time and prevents dangerous mistakes across different vehicles.

Question 3

Challenges for automotive interface design:

• ❌ Lack of standard iconography

• ✅ Avoiding distracting the driver’s attention from driving tasks

• ✅ Maintaining driver awareness when introducing automation

• ❌ All of the above

Correct Answer:

• ❌ All of the above

• ✅ Avoiding distraction

• ✅ Maintaining driver awareness

Explanation:
Iconography is fairly standardized; the real challenges are attention management and automation awareness.

Question 4

When should privacy and security be considered in IoT design?

• ✅ At the outset and throughout any IoT project to make design decisions that best support users’ privacy

• ❌ After a security breach

• ❌ Only when legally required

• ❌ Only if time allows

Explanation:
Privacy and security must be built in, not patched later.

Question 5

Examples of microprocessor boards used in physical computing: (Select all that apply)

• ✅ Arduino

• ✅ Raspberry Pi

• ✅ LightBlue Bean

• ❌ Breadboard

Explanation:
A breadboard is a prototyping surface, not a microprocessor.

Question 6

Main design challenge of software for smartwatches:

• ❌ Power management

• ✅ Screen size

• ❌ Connectivity

• ❌ Brightness calibration

• ❌ Wrist size

Explanation:
Extremely small screens severely limit information density, interaction methods, and readability, making screen size the dominant challenge.

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