Evaluation without Users Quiz :Evaluating User Interfaces (User Interface Design Specialization) Answers 2026

Question 1

Does heuristic evaluation require interaction with users?

• ❌ Yes

• ✅ No

Explanation:
Heuristic evaluation is an expert-based inspection method and does not require users.

Question 2

Adding more evaluators is always equally useful.

• ❌ True

• ✅ False

Explanation:
Adding evaluators has diminishing returns—after a point, new evaluators find mostly the same issues.

Question 3

Purpose of severity assessment:

• ❌ Punish developers

• ❌ Check evaluator accuracy

• ✅ Provide a ranked list of problems for developers

• ❌ Severity ratings are unimportant

Explanation:
Severity ratings help prioritize fixes based on impact and frequency.

Question 4

Flexibility and Ease of Use heuristic is commonly addressed by:

• ✅ An accelerator

• ❌ A discombobulator

• ❌ Not a Nielsen heuristic

• ❌ A Rube Goldberg device

Explanation:
Accelerators (shortcuts, hotkeys) allow expert users to work faster.

Question 5

Rainbow color scheme for continuous values violates which heuristic most?

• ❌ Visibility of system status

• ❌ Match between system and real world

• ❌ The Affordances Rule

• ✅ Help and Documentation

Explanation:
Rainbow scales are hard to interpret, especially without guidance, legends, or explanation.

Question 6

Only Nielsen’s heuristics should be used.

• ❌ True

• ✅ False

Explanation:
Heuristic evaluation can use custom or domain-specific heuristics as well.

Question 7

Visited links shown in different color address:

• ❌ Flexibility and ease of use

• ❌ User control and freedom

• ✅ Recognition vs. Recall

• ❌ Aesthetic and minimalist design

Explanation:
Users don’t have to remember which links they visited—the interface shows it.

Question 8

Why do evaluation without users?

• ❌ Consistency across users

• ❌ Only experts should evaluate

• ✅ Cheaper and easier early problem detection

• ❌ Designers know best

Explanation:
Non-user evaluation is cost-effective and helps catch issues early.

Question 9

Nielsen & Molich vs. MITRE Guidelines:

• ❌ MITRE better but harder

• ❌ Nielsen has longer list

• ❌ MITRE more modern

• ✅ Nielsen has shorter, more general heuristics tied to usability

Explanation:
Nielsen’s heuristics are compact, general, and usability-focused.

Question 10

Best use case for GOMS analysis:

• ✅ Fast-food drive-thru cash register

• ❌ Passport renewal system

• ❌ First-time tax filing system

• ❌ Home Wi-Fi setup

Explanation:
GOMS works best for frequent, routine, expert tasks.

Question 11

Besides counting actions, review:

• ❌ Typing/pointing speed

• ❌ Action order direction

• ❌ Skill improvement over time

• ✅ What users must learn, understand, or remember

Explanation:
Cognitive load is a key factor in action analysis.

Question 12

Important factors when choosing non-user evaluation methods:
(Multiple are valid conceptually, but best single answer expected)

• ❌ Team demographics

• ❌ User training ability

• ❌ Only team resources

• ✅ What problems you want to find & which method finds them

Explanation:
Evaluation methods should match the type of problems you’re targeting.

Question 13

Required for a cognitive walkthrough:

• ✅ Definition of important user tasks and how they’re completed

• ❌ Color selection

• ❌ Running app

• ❌ Timing mechanism

Explanation:
Cognitive walkthroughs focus on task reasoning, not implementation.

Question 14

Difference between the two cognitive walkthrough questions:

• ❌ Label vs feedback

• ❌ Task thinking vs control understanding

• ✅ Visibility of control vs understanding its effect

• ❌ Visibility vs appeal

Explanation:
First asks “Can the user see it?”
Second asks “Does the user understand what it does?”

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