A study series for Usability & UX certification
Chapter-by-chapter summaries of the UXQB CPUX-F Curriculum — distilled into clean, revisable study pages with definitions, diagrams and review quizzes.
About UXQB & CPUX-F
The UXQB (International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board) defines and maintains the certification scheme for usability and UX professionals. The CPUX-F — Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience, Foundation Level — is the entry certification. Its curriculum defines exactly what you need to know to pass the certification test.
The curriculum is built on the ISO 9241 series and human-centred design. All concepts are defined in the document itself, and training is recommended but not required to sit the exam.
- Title
- CPUX-F Curriculum — Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience, Foundation Level
- Version
- 4.01 EN, 7 November 2022
- Publisher
- UXQB e.V.
- Source
- uxqb.org — CPUX-F Curriculum (PDF)
A series of lesson summaries
Each page in this collection condenses one chapter of the CPUX-F Curriculum into the essentials: core definitions, the concepts most likely to appear on the exam, a diagram where it helps, and a short review quiz. Read them in order as a study path, or jump to whichever topic you're revising. The goal is fast, honest revision — not a replacement for the official curriculum.
The eight chapters
Human-centred design
The HCD approach, its iterative activities and deliverables (ISO 9241-210).
Summary soonBasic concepts
Usability, its three criteria, UX, accessibility, avoidance of harm, interactive systems.
Summary readyPlan a human-centred design project
Planning HCD work and setting human-centred quality objectives.
Summary soonUnderstand & specify the context of use
Context of use, user group profiles, personas, task models, journey maps.
Summary soonSpecify the user requirements
Turning user needs into clear, testable user requirements.
Summary soonDesign solutions that meet requirements
Prototypes, wireframes, information architecture, UI design guidance.
Summary soonEvaluate designs against requirements
Usability evaluation, usability tests, inspections and user surveys.
Summary soonHCD maturity
How organisations grow their human-centred design capability.
Summary soonHow to use this series
Read a chapter summary to grasp the definitions and the exam-relevant distinctions.
Answer the review quiz at the end of each page, then reveal the answers to self-check.
Print any page to PDF (all answers expand automatically) for offline review before the exam.