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