App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 2.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) plays music (c) reads the screen aloud (d) takes photos
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 25 px
Label: 28 px
Footer: 25 px
Hint: 21 px
Title: 9 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Label (d) Body text - 4.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) strong colour contrast (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 5.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 6.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 7.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a long animation (c) a sound (d) a text label
- 8.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) icons with no labels (d) big touch targets
- 9.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 20 px
Body text: 11 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Body text - 12.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 14.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) so anyone can follow (c) to hide the sound (d) to add colour
- 15.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) text that can grow (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 18.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 19.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) captions on videos (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) tiny tap areas
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) text that can grow (c) icons with no labels (d) fast-flashing lights
- 21.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 10 px
Body text: 10 px
Footer: 21 px - 23.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) colour-blind users (c) the server (d) the battery
- 24.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 25.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) fast-flashing lights (c) icons with no labels (d) labels on every icon
- 26.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 27.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 28.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) big touch targets
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 12 px
Footer: 13 px
Hint: 11 px
Menu: 11 px - 31.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 32.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 19 px
Title: 20 px
Footer: 14 px - 34.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) everyone (c) nobody (d) only the coder
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 13 px
Caption: 28 px
Hint: 20 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Hint - 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) labels on every icon (d) colour as the only clue
- 37.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 19 px
Label: 28 px
Title: 11 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Label -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 10 px
Label: 14 px
Menu: 17 px
Caption: 10 px
Body text: 11 px - 40.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
Answer key
- 10
- reads the screen aloud
- Title
- tiny tap areas
- 4
- False
- a text label
- icons with no labels
- True
- helps everyone
- Body text
- 7
- 3
- so anyone can follow
- True
- False
- text that can grow
- 2
- captions on videos
- text that can grow
- False
- 2
- colour-blind users
- 1
- labels on every icon
- makes it harder
- strong colour contrast
- False
- sudden loud sounds
- 4
- makes it harder
- 4
- 1
- everyone
- Menu
- labels on every icon
- False
- Title
- 4
- 2
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