Elance Axure RP (Rapid Prototype Tool) Test Answers



Which of these are NOT a type of file used in Axure RP prototypes?

HTML
CSS
Flash
JavaScript

 

 

Which of the following features allows you to set default and custom formats for Axure widgets?

Dynamic Panels
Master Pages
Format Painter
Widget Style Editor

 

 

An element that allows users to only choose one option from a predefined list is called a:

Check box
Radio button
Breadcrumb
Selection tab

 

 

How would you set an interaction to occur when a page is loaded?

There is no way to do this in Axure.
Customize each widget interaction in the "Interactions" menu
Use the "OnPageLoad" case under the "Page Interactions" menu

 

 

Which of these are NOT events specific to the Dynamic panel?

OnMove
OnHide
OnShow
OnDragStop

 

 

To create complex interactions (such as changing panel states, moving widgets, enabling drag/drop of widgets), what must you use?

Interaction Menu
Dynamic Panels
Dynamic Panels + Interaction Menu
Image Map Region

 

 

Collections of widgets you can reuse throughout your file are known as:

Pervasives
Masters
Major
Penetrators

 

 

If you know Axure has a certain feature for a widget, but do not know how to access that feature, what should you do first?

Ask the Axure support staff
When in doubt, right click! Most widget properties can be accessed by right-clicking the widget
Look in the Axure forums

 

 

You can download extensive Axure libraries for virtually any platform (web, mobile, tablet), design style, or interaction (calendar pickers, drop-down menus, sliders)

FALSE
True

 

 

Which of these are NOT main areas of the Axure RP application window?

Sitemap
Widgets
Page area
All are included

 

 

How can you easily align widgets (either vertically or horizontally)?

All of these are correct
Drag a widget and let it 'snap' into alignment with the desired widget.
Highlight the desired widgets and use the "Align" buttons in the toolbar
Use rulers

 

 

What is/are other way(s) to incorporate interactions besides creating dynamic panels?

Right click the button or shape, and edit options like "Roll over Style" or "Mouse Down Style"
Just select the ‘Set Variable/Widget value(s)’ from the actions list
Look online for a specific widget/interaction and download what another Axure user has already created
All of these are correct

 

 

What is/are common mistake(s) made by many Axure users?

Adding unnecessary text panels (on top of a button or widget shape, for example)
Using arbitrary sizes for widets.
Using dynamic panels for all interactions
All of these are correct

 

 

How does Axure support rapid, remote collaboration between team members, clients, and even test participants?

Axure allows each team member to create Masters widgets that all team members can use to create consistency.
All of these are correct
Axure creates HTML/CSS code for prototypes, allowing you to upload the prototype to any website
Axure allows to to publish your prototypes to AxShare, for any team member to view

 

 

User interface objects used to design your wireframes are known as:

Panels
Buttons
Markups
Widgets

 

 

True or False? If you create a switch button using a dynamic panel that toggles between an On and Off state using interactions, the button will have those interactions when you add the custom widget to a page.

False
True

 

 

What is/are a weakness(es) of Axure?

Widget locations do not always transfer over as pixel-perfect as created in the Axure work file
It is not possible to create a block of text with embedded hyperlinks
Text formatting does not always transfer over to HTML/CSS as created in the Axure work file
All of these are correct

 

 

What would you use connector for?

Adding cases to events
Converting widgets into a Master
Creating flow diagrams
Showing/hiding dynamic panels

 

 

A window that pops out to display a larger image or video, and typically dims the page in the background, is called a:

View screen
Lightbox
Magnifier
Popbox

 

 

When viewing your prototype on a mobile device, which tag affects the size and scale of the prototype?

Prototype
Phone
Generate
Viewport

 

 

A dynamic scrolling list of items where previous and next items are partially visible is typically known as:

An image slide
A picture viewer
An image carousel
A photo wheel

 

 

True or False? An event cannot have multiple conditional cases.

True
False

 

 

What is a good place to download great Axure libraries?

Axutopia
The Axure website has many libraries
Axureland
All of these are correct

 

 

What is the name of Axures hosting and sharing platform?

AxHost
AxShare
AxCollab
Axure does not have a hosting and sharing platform

 

 

The best way to apply global changes across numerous pages is to use the Masters panel

FALSE
True

 

 

Getting in the habit of saving complex widgets and interactions to your own Axure library is very beneficial in the long run.

True
FALSE

 

 

A stack of states or diagrams that contain other widgets is a:

Functional state group
Diagram widget
Dynamic panel widget
Static flow widget

 

 

What is/are simple ways to make Axure work easier and more efficient?

Build interactions later
All of these are correct
Use masters extensively
Use a grid

 

 

What are some simple ways to make higher-fidelity wireframes and prototypes with the default Axure widgets?

Import images to your designs
Use built in Axure gradients
All of these are correct
Create custom shapes, such as a callout, by using multiple Axure shapes together

 

 

If you want to create a custom text field without the ugly default border that Axure provides, what is the best way to do this?

There is no way to remove the "Text Field" border
Download an Axure library and hope that the "Text Field" has this feature
Use the "Text Field" widget and toggle it's border off
Use the "Text Panel" widget and create an interaction to accomplish this goal

 

 

Axure has a community of helpful users on the support forum and also a responsive support staff

FALSE
True

 

 

Which of the following is not a standard widget in the Axure widget library?

Calendar Control
Horizontal Menu
List Box
Tree Control
Text Area

 

 

Holding [ctrl] ([option] on a Mac) while clicking and dragging on a widget will:

Duplicate the widget
Add functions to the widget
Adjust the color saturation on the widget
Resize the widget

 

 

You can easily rotate any widget in Axure

True
FALSE

 

 

What is the simplest and best way to change the background color of an individual page?

Draw a large rectangle on the page and fill it with the desired color
Cut and paste a colored box from a program like Paint onto the desired page, and then resize it to fit the entire page
Create a master page with a colored rectangle, and drop it on to the desired page
Use the "Page Formatting" section within the Page Properties Pane, and select the desired color from the "Back Color" control

 

 

Which of the following statements about Dynamic Panels is NOT true?

Dynamic panels can be used to show, hide, change, or move objects in your prototype.
Dynamic panels can be used to simulate a drag-and-drop effect
A dynamic panel can have multiple states visible at one time.
Dynamic panels can be set to hidden by default.

 

 

Using Axure's built in math functions, if LVAR1 is 2.3521594, [[LVAR1.toFixed(2)]] return the value of:

2.3
2.35
2.352
2
None of the above

 

 

What are "Raised Events" in Axure?

Custom events created on masters that allow you to add different interactions to each instance of the master
Actions which cause widgets to move higher or lower on the page
Real world events created by members of the Axure user community
Actions which cause objects on the page to move closer to the front

 

 

Which widget can be used to create a clickable area on top of a picture?

Inline frame
Text area
Dynamic panel
Image map region
Image

 

 

Which setting makes the widgets appear more squiggly as the slider increases?

Sketchiness
Shakiness
Handwriting effect
Crayon effect

 

 

Which of these provide the OnDrag interaction event?

Dynamic Panels
Text Frames
Buttons
All of these
Images

 

 

What does the "check out" feature do?

Allows a user to prevent other users from opening a project that s/he is working on.
Allows users within the Axure community to look at each others' finished prototypes.
Allows a user to prevent other users from editing specific pages of a shared project while s/he is working on them.
Allows a user to prevent other users from opening specific pages of a shared project while s/he is working on them.

 

 

You have created a drop-down navigation menu that works well. However, if the user's cursor moves slightly out of the drop-down menu slightly, it disappears. What tool can you use to expand the clickable/hoverable region?

Create a wide, invisible border on the menu
Create a more complex interaction
Use variables that control for this
Use the image map region widget

 

 

If you want to use the text written in a "Text Field" response from page1 of your prototype, such as a person's name, and use this response on page 2 of your prototype, how would you do this?

Store the response in a variable, which can be accessed in the case editor
There is no way to do this in Axure.
Set the value of a widget on page 2 to equal the "Text Field" from Page 1

 

 

True or False? Local variables exist within the scope of an action and do not get passed to other pages.

False
True

 

 

Using the condition builder, which condition would allow you to evaluate the selected value of a droplist?

value of variable
is checked of
selected option of
text on focused widget
text on widget

 

 

Which tool allows you to create conditional expressions?

Conditional Build Environment
Condition Wizard
Variable Condition
Condition Builder

 

 

What is the keyboard shortcut to send a widget to the back?

CNTL + ]
CTRL + [
CTRL + SHIFT + ]
CTRL + SHIFT + [

 

 

If you want to make a mobile or tablet prototype, is Axure still the right tool to use?

No, prototypes are generally only good for viewing on the web
Yes, prototypes can be created to fit a mobile or tablet screen

 

 

In what format does Auxure RP generate specifications?

.docx
.txt
.log
.rtf

 

 

True or False? Axure is a good tool for a product manager.

True
False

 

 

What is the most efficient way to copy and paste an Axure widget in a specific location?

Hold CTRL + SHIFT then click and drag widget
Hold CTRL then click and drag widget
Select Widget. Hit CTRL + C then CTRL + V
Right click -> Copy; Right click -> Paste

 

 

How can you annotate the elements on a page so they automatically appear when you generate a functional specification from within Axure?

None of these
Use the Dynamic Panel manager
Use the Page Formatting section of the Pages Properties Pane
Use the Annotations section of the Widget Properties pane
Use the Page Notes section of the Pages Properties Pane

 

 

What is the shortcut key for generating a new html prototype in Axure RP?

Ctrl-F5
F5
F2
F6
F3

 

 

If there's something odd going on with the live prototype, something you cannot explain and you know you can accounted for in Axure, what is the best thing you can do?

See if anyone else has the issue on the Axure forums
Delete all the HTML/CSS prototype files and generate a new prototype. This may delete an old file that is messing up the current prototype
Ask the Axure support staff
Re-generate the prototype and try again.

 

 

Which of the following types of text is NOT INCLUDED in a spell check?

Button text
Text area entries
Text field entries
List box entries
Text panels

 

 

What is the recommended limit to the number of variables you utilize?

100
25
500
5

 

 

How can you merge the contents of two adjacent cells in an Axure table?

You can't - this feature is not supported as of Axure 6.0
Highlight one cell, and then drag it on top of the other
Highlight both cells, then right click and select "merge"
Highlight both cells, then select Object/Grouping/Group

 

 

What is the file extension for Axure RP's shared project files?

.rprax
.rpprj
.axprj
.axshar

 

 

One of the best things about Axure is once a prototype is launched, you can use the HTML/CSS code for your finalized website

False
True

 

 

Which of these are NOT a masters setting?

Normal
Automatic
Custom widget
Place in background

 

 

The Axure generated HTML/CSS code is W3C compliant

TRUE
False

 

 

Which tool allows you to copy the formatting properties from one widget and selectively apply them to other widgets?

Format Clipboard
Format Painter
Format Pane
Copy Formatter

 

 

True or False? By default, when placed on a wireframe, the master snaps into the background of the page and into the position it was originally created.

False
True

 

 

Which of the following is NOT a trigger event in Axure?

OnMouseEnter
OnFocus
OnHover
OnChange
OnKeyUp

 

 

What is an effect of adding a reference page to a flow shape?

The flow shape will automatically appear in the reference page's section of the functional specification
If you rename a page in the Sitemap, the text on the flow shape will reflect the change.
Any shapes you attach to the flow shape will automatically appear on the reference page
If you delete a page in the Sitemap, the flow shape will also be deleted
None of these

 

 

When using the condition builder, which condition would you select to evaluate whether the value entered by a user into a text box is at least <5> characters long?

is checked of
text on widget
length of variable value
selected option of

 

 

In regards to variable usage, what method exists to create more efficient HTML/CSS code for the prototype?

No matter what, only use 2 or 3 variables for a prototype
Use an invisible checkbox, which stores Boolean values without having to create a variable
Use local variables
All of these are correct

 

 

After a more advanced prototype is created in Axure (3-4 days of work), is it easy to go back and change around interactions and elements?

No
Yes

 

 

True or False: Once you import an icon for one or more nodes of a tree control, the icon automatically shows up when you generate your html prototype.

True
False

 

 

How do you get rid of the yellow annotation icons in your exported image?

Select Layer > Footnotes
Select Generate > Wireframe > Annotation
Select Wireframe > Show Footnotes
Select Wireframe > Hide Annotations

 

 

True or False? Using headers and footers that are "pinned to the browser" gives more control over the visible areas of your iPhone App than the scrolling dynamic panel technique.

False
True