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