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