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 is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) tiny tap areas (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
- 2.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 4.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) fast typists (b) the battery (c) colour-blind users (d) the server
- 5.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) big touch targets (d) fast-flashing lights
- 6.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) colour as the only clue (b) text that can grow (c) big touch targets (d) strong colour contrast
- 8.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) makes text tiny (c) takes photos (d) plays music
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 10 px
Title: 22 px
Menu: 22 px
Label: 11 px - 10.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 12.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 23 px
Title: 14 px
Hint: 22 px - 14.♿ 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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15.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 16 px
Title: 16 px
Caption: 9 px
Footer: 23 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Label (d) Caption -
16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 10 px
Body text: 20 px
Label: 27 px
Footer: 23 px
Caption: 27 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Title (d) Footer - 17.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 18.♿ 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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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 26 px
Title: 18 px
Label: 12 px (a) Caption (b) Title (c) Label -
20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 23 px
Caption: 11 px
Title: 10 px - 21.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 25 px
Title: 16 px
Label: 24 px
Caption: 12 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Title (d) Caption - 24.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) captions on videos
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 11 px
Label: 19 px
Body text: 24 px
Title: 18 px (a) Title (b) Label (c) Body text (d) Caption -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 10 px
Title: 16 px
Hint: 14 px
Footer: 22 px
Caption: 20 px - 28.♿ 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
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29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 22 px
Menu: 15 px
Caption: 21 px
Footer: 11 px - 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 22 px
Menu: 16 px
Title: 11 px -
32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 12 px
Menu: 18 px
Footer: 21 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Menu - 33.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 14 px
Title: 28 px
Body text: 23 px
Hint: 19 px (a) Footer (b) Title (c) Hint (d) Body text - 35.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 36.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to hide the sound (b) to add colour (c) so anyone can follow (d) to slow them down
- 37.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) big touch targets (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 39.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- text that can grow
- 1
- helps everyone
- colour-blind users
- fast-flashing lights
- True
- colour as the only clue
- reads the screen aloud
- 2
- False
- True
- 8
- 1
- makes it harder
- Caption
- Title
- makes it harder
- 5
- Label
- 2
- False
- sudden loud sounds
- Caption
- makes it harder
- fast-flashing lights
- Caption
- 2
- a text label
- 2
- labels on every icon
- 1
- Title
- helps everyone
- Footer
- 5
- so anyone can follow
- False
- big touch targets
- False
- True
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