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 9 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 2.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only the coder (b) nobody (c) only experts (d) everyone
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 27 px
Title: 17 px
Caption: 27 px
Footer: 12 px
Menu: 19 px (a) Body text (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Title - 4.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 5.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 12 px
Title: 17 px
Footer: 23 px - 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 8.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) text that can grow
- 9.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) makes text tiny (d) plays music
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 21 px
Caption: 10 px
Title: 11 px
Hint: 10 px
Body text: 22 px - 11.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 12.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) tiny tap areas (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) big touch targets
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 19 px
Footer: 25 px
Body text: 13 px
Label: 21 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Label (d) Body text - 14.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Label: 17 px
Menu: 19 px -
16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Title: 17 px
Hint: 14 px
Footer: 10 px
Caption: 16 px - 17.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 18.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 7 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 19.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) icons with no labels (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 21.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
- 22.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) strong colour contrast (d) captions on videos
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) labels on every icon
- 25.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 27 px
Menu: 24 px
Footer: 26 px
Title: 13 px
Label: 21 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Footer -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 23 px
Body text: 16 px
Caption: 11 px (a) Hint (b) Body text (c) Caption - 28.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) icons with no labels
- 31.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 32.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 22 px
Caption: 25 px
Footer: 10 px
Title: 26 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Title (d) Caption - 34.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 35.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (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?
Label: 11 px
Caption: 17 px
Title: 23 px
Body text: 22 px
Menu: 15 px - 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 38.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) colour as the only clue
- 39.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) captions on videos
- 40.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) colour as the only clue
Answer key
- 3
- everyone
- Footer
- makes it harder
- helps everyone
- 1
- tiny tap areas
- text that can grow
- reads the screen aloud
- 3
- helps everyone
- tiny tap areas
- Body text
- False
- 0
- 2
- True
- 4
- 4
- big touch targets
- icons with no labels
- False
- colour as the only clue
- icons with no labels
- True
- Title
- Caption
- True
- makes it harder
- text that can grow
- helps everyone
- 7
- Footer
- False
- makes it harder
- 2
- helps everyone
- colour as the only clue
- sudden loud sounds
- captions on videos
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