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