- Success Criterion 3.3.4
- Conformance level AA
Exam Answer Locked In Instantly With No Chance to Review
3.3.4 — Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data)
Scenario
Setting
A subscription box service's account settings
What’s wrong
Test/exam submissions locking answers instantly on selection.
Example
This shows up on a subscription box service's account settings: test/exam submissions locking answers instantly on selection.
Why it matters
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes. Here, on a subscription box service's account settings, the result is they have to guess at the correct format.
How to test
Submit a test/exam answer: if it locks in instantly on selection with no chance to review, it fails.
How to fix
The submission must be reversible, checked with a chance to correct, or confirmed through an editable review step.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a subscription box service's account settings can now see exactly what went wrong and how to fix it.
Who is affected
Everyone in legal, financial, or data-changing flows — especially people prone to input mistakes.
Learn more
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Related scenarios
- Binding Purchase Submitted With No Review Step Beforehand
- One-Click Order Placed With No Chance to Review It First
- Permanent Data Deletion With No Confirmation or Undo
- Legal Commitment Submitted With No Review-and-Confirm Step
- Review Page That Isn’t Actually Editable Before Final Submission
- Financial Transfer Form That Never Confirms the Entered Details