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 helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) fast-flashing lights (c) captions on videos (d) icons with no labels
- 2.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) sudden loud sounds (c) text that can grow (d) labels on every icon
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 23 px
Body text: 21 px
Hint: 23 px
Caption: 22 px -
4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 16 px
Footer: 22 px
Menu: 24 px
Body text: 18 px
Label: 15 px - 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) labels on every icon (c) icons with no labels (d) fast-flashing lights
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6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 14 px
Caption: 19 px
Hint: 27 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Body text -
7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 24 px
Menu: 24 px
Footer: 10 px -
8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 11 px
Label: 13 px
Menu: 15 px
Title: 23 px - 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) sudden loud sounds (c) strong colour contrast (d) labels on every icon
- 10.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) big touch targets (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 10 px
Footer: 24 px
Body text: 10 px
Menu: 18 px -
13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 19 px
Menu: 25 px
Hint: 27 px
Footer: 14 px
Body text: 26 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Menu (d) Hint - 14.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) colour-blind users (c) fast typists (d) the server
- 16.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) strong colour contrast (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 17.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) big touch targets (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 18.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 19.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) nobody
- 20.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 18 px
Title: 16 px
Body text: 12 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Body text - 22.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) big touch targets (b) strong colour contrast (c) fast-flashing lights (d) labels on every icon
- 23.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
- 24.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 14 px
Menu: 20 px
Title: 16 px
Caption: 18 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Label (d) Title - 26.♿ 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
- 27.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (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?
Menu: 19 px
Body text: 14 px
Title: 18 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Menu -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 25 px
Label: 11 px
Hint: 16 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Label - 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 31.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 32.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) icons with no labels (c) captions on videos (d) colour as the only clue
- 35.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to slow them down (c) so anyone can follow (d) to add colour
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 25 px
Menu: 10 px
Caption: 26 px
Body text: 23 px
Footer: 16 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Body text (d) Menu - 37.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) takes photos (c) reads the screen aloud (d) plays music
- 38.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 19 px
Hint: 11 px
Body text: 16 px
Label: 25 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Title (d) Body text - 40.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- captions on videos
- sudden loud sounds
- 0
- 1
- labels on every icon
- Body text
- 1
- 3
- sudden loud sounds
- True
- big touch targets
- 2
- Footer
- 6
- colour-blind users
- tiny tap areas
- colour as the only clue
- makes it harder
- everyone
- makes it harder
- Body text
- fast-flashing lights
- strong colour contrast
- True
- Label
- a text label
- False
- Body text
- Label
- makes it harder
- helps everyone
- False
- False
- captions on videos
- so anyone can follow
- Menu
- reads the screen aloud
- 5
- Hint
- False
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