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