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