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100

This term refers to areas of a design with no design elements that help it remain visually uncluttered and allows other elements stand out.

What is white space?

100

This research method involves comparing two versions of a webpage, app, or marketing campaign to determine which performs better based on user engagement and conversion goals.

What is A/B testing?

100

This person would have been an officer in the army of ancient Rome who was responsible for 100 soldiers, and this symbol lives on Amex cards today.

What is a centurion?

100

This person has visited all but 2 national parks!

Who is Chris?

100
This person once interned at a radio station company!

Who is Jamie?

200

This design principle states that things close together appear to be more related than things spaced further apart.

What is proximity?

200

Biometric Authentication in Mobile Banking transactions are expected to reach this usage percentage (%) by 2035.

What is 75%?

200
This store/chain previously had an exclusive partnership card with American Express, which ended in 2016.

What is Costco?

200

This person has walked on a glacier!

Who is Jamie?

200

This person once worked part time at Paper Source!

Who is Chiaki?

300

This design tool was founded in 2012 by a pair of students at Brown University and has over 4 million users worldwide

What is Figma?

300

This research method involves observing users in their natural environment to understand their behaviors and context.

What is ethnographic study?

300

This person is allergic to dairy!

Who is Ernesto?

300

This person has an Etsy store where they sell handmade stickers!

Who is Chiaki?

300

This person was a college summer orientation leader!

Who is Chris?

400

The time required to move to a target is a function of the ratio between the distance to the target and the width of the target.

What is Fitt's Law?

400

This term describes our tendency to assign more value to, and try to obtain, information and ideas that match those we already believe.

What is confirmation bias?

400

This person had a design studio!

Who is Ernesto?

400

This person has presented their research at academic conferences including Japan, South Korea, and Spain!

Who is Daphne?

400

This person was a lifeguard at the YMCA!

Who is Yuliya?

500

This company has been cited as a pioneer in UX design from the 1950's.

They hired an industrial psychologist to assist with the design of telephones and eventually came up with the touchtone keypad design, still used on phones today.

What is Bell Labs?

500

This psychological phenomenon happens when people's memory of an experience is heavily influenced by how they felt at the most extreme/intense phase and at its endpoint, rather than the overall duration

What is the peak end rule?

500

This person was the CEO at American Express before Steve Squeri.

Who is Kenneth Chenault?

500

This person was on their high school swim team!

Who is Yuliya?

500

This person previously sold cars!

Who is Daphne?

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