HCI QUIZ 1 2026

The developer's technical architecture

The end user placed at the center of the universe

The business stakeholder's financial goals

The graphical layout controls

It increases positive word-of-mouth recommendations

It has no measurable correlation with customer relationships

It has a negative impact on NPS and increases tech support calls

It automatically boosts long-term subscription renewals

Creating and playing mixes, emphasizing a one-thumb simple design

Emulating a physical cassette tape mechanism exclusively

Focusing entirely on multi-button hardware complexity

Limiting the user activity strictly to direct file folder copying

Design is how efficient the underlying source code runs

Design is solely about meeting strict database constraints

Design is how cheap the product can be manufactured

Design is just a surface veneer or how something looks and feels instead of how it works

TRUE

FALSE

Maximizing developer complexity while ignoring user preference

A solution that serves the users and satisfies the client

Strictly following enterprise profit objectives without user input

Using the latest graphic trend regardless of functionality

Visual and audio perception limits

Memory and attention spans

Cultural expectations and senses of style

Tactile touch response time

TRUE

FALSE

Males (8%) compared to females (0.4%)

Females (8%) compared to males (0.4%)

Equally in both males and females (4% each)

Females (10%) and males (1%)

It is easily achievable with automated machine learning

You can successfully optimize the experience for every user if you add enough options

It guarantees market dominance if targeted correctly

You cannot optimize the experience for every single user; you cannot succeed by doing so