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