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