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