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