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