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.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) big touch targets (d) icons with no labels
- 2.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 4.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 11 px
Title: 11 px
Menu: 18 px - 6.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) colour-blind users (b) fast typists (c) the battery (d) the server
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 28 px
Label: 21 px
Hint: 10 px
Caption: 28 px
Title: 16 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Menu (d) Hint -
9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 13 px
Label: 17 px
Title: 27 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Footer - 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) big touch targets
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 21 px
Hint: 23 px
Menu: 22 px
Footer: 12 px - 12.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 12 px
Label: 19 px
Caption: 15 px
Title: 18 px - 14.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 15.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 24 px
Hint: 14 px
Body text: 21 px
Footer: 21 px
Title: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Body text (c) Footer (d) Hint - 17.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) strong colour contrast (c) icons with no labels (d) colour as the only clue
- 19.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 20.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 21.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 22.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 23.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 24.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) plays music (c) makes text tiny (d) takes photos
- 25.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 26.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) fast-flashing lights (d) captions on videos
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 18 px
Title: 17 px
Footer: 19 px
Caption: 10 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Caption (d) Body text -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 10 px
Hint: 23 px
Footer: 20 px (a) Hint (b) Footer (c) Label -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Footer: 22 px
Caption: 16 px
Menu: 22 px
Hint: 15 px - 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 12 px
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 19 px
Body text: 20 px - 32.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 21 px
Title: 24 px
Body text: 19 px - 34.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) icons with no labels (d) captions on videos
- 36.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 14 px
Title: 14 px
Label: 16 px - 39.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 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
- big touch targets
- False
- True
- 5
- 2
- colour-blind users
- makes it harder
- Hint
- Footer
- colour as the only clue
- 1
- 4
- 2
- makes it harder
- text that can grow
- Hint
- False
- strong colour contrast
- False
- helps everyone
- False
- helps everyone
- True
- reads the screen aloud
- 2
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- Label
- 1
- helps everyone
- 1
- colour as the only clue
- 0
- True
- captions on videos
- makes it harder
- helps everyone
- 2
- 1
- 2
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