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