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