UX 9/19 Test Review

A UX team is designing an app for teenagers. The app collects location data to recommend nearby stores. The team wants to improve the app without making users uncomfortable.

What is the most ethical step the team should take before using the location data?

• Turn on location tracking by default

• Keep tracking private and not tell the users

• Ask users to approve location tracking and explain why it is used

• Use the data right away since the app already has access

A company creates a new online platform. The UX designers want to make sure their technology use is ethical. Which actions show ethical use of technology? (Select all that apply.)

• Asking users to agree to data use before starting

• Making the privacy policy easy to understand

• Hiding how the user's information will be shared

• Giving users a choice to stop sharing their data

• Designing the app to automatically turn on location

Match each ethical problem with the action that solves it. Ethical Problems: 1. Users are confused about why data is collected __________ 2. App asks for personal information it does not need __________ 3. Users cannot delete their accounts __________

• Only ask for needed information

• Users are confused about why data is collected

• Add a delete account option

• App asks for personal information it does not need

• Write clear privacy terms

• Users cannot delete their accounts

A UX designer adds a button to an app that says “Free Trial,” but users are charged after three days without being told clearly. This design is unethical because…

A UX designer is reviewing actions taken during a recent app update. The team wants to avoid unethical practices in the next version.

Which of the following actions are unethical?

• Asking for camera access without explaining the reason

• Making it hard for users to delete their accounts

• Giving users control over what data they share

• Collecting personal data without consent

• Showing ads that look like real buttons

A UX designer uses an image found online in a design for a client without checking the source.

• Trademark

• Patent

• Copyright

• Privacy

A UX team is developing a new product design. Carefully evaluate the following statement and indicate whether they are true or false.

True or False: A design can be protected by a patent if it is a new idea.

• True

• False

A UX team is developing a new product design. Carefully evaluate the following statements and indicate whether they are true or false.

True or False: A logo can be protected by a trademark.

• True

• False

A UX designer creates a new button shape that works faster for mobile users. The shape and function are new and not used anywhere else.

Which protection will help the designer own this idea?

• Trademark

• Patent

• Copyright

• License

A student copies a UX layout from a popular website and uses the exact same design in a school project without asking or giving credit.

Which action best describes what the student has done?

• Practiced design thinking

• Improved an existing design

• Shared open-source content

• Violated intellectual property law