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