A product manager wants to Incorporate content that lets users knows where they are in the purchase flow. This feature needs to be implemented efficiently and as quickly as possible. What should the…

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Options

• AUse the navigation core component
• BUse the list core component
• CDevelop a custom purchase flow component
• DUse the progress bar component

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  12% (5)
• D
  79% (34)

Explanation

Option D is correct because a progress bar component is specifically designed to show users their current position within a multi-step process - exactly what a purchase flow requires. It satisfies both requirements: it directly communicates step-by-step location and can be implemented quickly using an existing out-of-the-box component.

Why the others are wrong:

• A (Navigation): Core navigation components handle site-wide wayfinding (menus, links), not positional feedback within a workflow.
• B (List): A list component renders collections of items - it has no inherent concept of "current step" or sequential progress.
• C (Custom component): Building custom defeats the "efficiently and as quickly as possible" requirement; reusing an existing component is always faster.

Memory tip: Match the keyword in the requirement to the component name - the question literally says users need to know "where they are" in a flow (i.e., their progress). When you see "progress through steps," think progress bar.

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