Module 08 Knowledge Check
5 questions. Pass mark 4 out of 5. Answer every question before checking the answer key below, then retry after reading the feedback.
1. If removing the colour from a chart loses no information, the colour…
- A. was aesthetic and harmless
- B. was decoration and cost the reader attention
- C. should be made brighter
- D. was encoding quantity
2. Contrast should be…
- A. judged on your monitor
- B. computed as a ratio
- C. checked by a designer
- D. assumed adequate for dark text
3. Red and green as an encoding pair…
- A. is the clearest option
- B. collapses for around 1 in 12 men
- C. works if the shades differ slightly
- D. is fine with a legend
4. The strongest visual channel for directing attention is…
- A. colour
- B. position
- C. shape
- D. texture
5. Greying out context series rather than removing them…
- A. clutters the chart
- B. keeps the comparison available while emphasising one
- C. is only for print
- D. loses information
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Answer Key and Explanations
Check these only after attempting every question.
1. B - was decoration and cost the reader attention
Describe the chart over the phone: what you never mention was decoration.
2. B - computed as a ratio
Projectors, print and phones are all different media; the ratio is invariant.
3. B - collapses for around 1 in 12 men
Blue and orange remain distinct, which is why it leads most modern default palettes.
4. B - position
Moving the finding to the top-left costs nothing and beats reaching for a colour.
5. B - keeps the comparison available while emphasising one
A filtered chart has decided for the reader; a greyed one has suggested.
Practical Check
Apply this module to your own work: complete the module activity for *Colour, Accessibility and Visual Hierarchy*, then write one sentence naming what your result shows and one naming what it does not.
Strong Answer Pattern
A strong answer names the task, the evidence used, the check performed, and the remaining limitation. It avoids "proved", "guaranteed", or "always" unless the evidence genuinely supports it.