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) nobody (b) only experts (c) only the coder (d) everyone
- 2.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) captions on videos
- 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) strong colour contrast (b) fast-flashing lights (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) sudden loud sounds (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) fast-flashing lights
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) colour as the only clue (c) captions on videos (d) text that can grow
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 17 px
Footer: 26 px
Label: 13 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Label -
9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 16 px
Label: 24 px
Footer: 10 px
Body text: 19 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Label (d) Body text -
10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 20 px
Title: 20 px
Body text: 16 px
Menu: 14 px - 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 13.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 19 px
Title: 11 px
Body text: 22 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Body text - 15.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) tiny tap areas (d) labels on every icon
- 17.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) big touch targets (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
- 18.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the server (c) colour-blind users (d) the battery
- 19.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a text label (c) a long animation (d) a sound
- 20.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (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?
Footer: 26 px
Title: 27 px
Label: 26 px
Hint: 27 px
Body text: 13 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Title -
23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Label: 14 px
Caption: 21 px
Menu: 22 px
Footer: 24 px - 24.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 25.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 26.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 24 px
Body text: 21 px
Menu: 19 px -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 24 px
Label: 20 px
Footer: 16 px
Body text: 24 px
Menu: 12 px -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 17 px
Label: 14 px
Menu: 12 px - 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 15 px
Footer: 22 px
Body text: 10 px - 32.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 33.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 22 px
Label: 14 px
Menu: 13 px
Caption: 22 px -
36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 24 px
Menu: 26 px
Body text: 27 px
Hint: 14 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Body text - 37.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) reads the screen aloud (c) takes photos (d) plays music
- 38.♿ 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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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 14 px
Caption: 24 px
Title: 28 px
Body text: 22 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Title - 40.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to add colour (c) to slow them down (d) so anyone can follow
Answer key
- everyone
- tiny tap areas
- captions on videos
- strong colour contrast
- text that can grow
- labels on every icon
- colour as the only clue
- Label
- Footer
- 1
- strong colour contrast
- makes it harder
- helps everyone
- Title
- False
- tiny tap areas
- fast-flashing lights
- colour-blind users
- a text label
- False
- True
- Body text
- 2
- 4
- helps everyone
- helps everyone
- 0
- 1
- 2
- helps everyone
- 2
- True
- 3
- makes it harder
- 2
- Hint
- reads the screen aloud
- 2
- Hint
- so anyone can follow
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