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