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