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