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