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