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