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.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 16 px
Footer: 10 px
Menu: 26 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Body text - 3.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 9 px
Title: 18 px
Body text: 20 px
Caption: 27 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Caption - 5.♿ 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
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6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 20 px
Label: 20 px
Footer: 17 px - 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 8.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) strong colour contrast (c) tiny tap areas (d) sudden loud sounds
- 9.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) plays music (b) reads the screen aloud (c) makes text tiny (d) takes photos
- 10.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 24 px
Title: 10 px
Body text: 18 px
Hint: 25 px
Label: 27 px (a) Body text (b) Hint (c) Caption (d) Title - 12.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 25 px
Title: 10 px
Menu: 22 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Title - 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 16.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 9 px
Label: 19 px (a) Label (b) Menu (c) Footer - 18.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 19.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) so anyone can follow (d) to add colour
- 20.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) strong colour contrast (c) icons with no labels (d) big touch targets
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) sudden loud sounds
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 13 px
Menu: 12 px
Title: 19 px - 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) fast-flashing lights (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 14 px
Body text: 26 px
Label: 27 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Caption - 26.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 27.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) big touch targets (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 23 px
Title: 23 px
Hint: 25 px
Body text: 13 px
Caption: 19 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Footer - 31.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a sound (c) a text label (d) a long animation
- 32.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) everyone (b) only the coder (c) nobody (d) only experts
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 12 px
Body text: 15 px
Label: 18 px - 34.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
- 35.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 36.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) fast-flashing lights (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 15 px
Menu: 21 px
Title: 11 px - 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) icons with no labels
- 40.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- helps everyone
- Footer
- 4
- Hint
- colour-blind users
- 0
- helps everyone
- strong colour contrast
- reads the screen aloud
- True
- Title
- 1
- 2
- Title
- makes it harder
- False
- Menu
- True
- so anyone can follow
- False
- icons with no labels
- strong colour contrast
- 2
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- helps everyone
- fast-flashing lights
- tiny tap areas
- sudden loud sounds
- Body text
- a text label
- everyone
- 2
- tiny tap areas
- True
- 7
- labels on every icon
- 2
- captions on videos
- True
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