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