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) fast typists (b) the battery (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) tiny tap areas (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 11 px
Body text: 24 px
Caption: 10 px
Footer: 12 px
Title: 10 px -
4.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 16 px
Footer: 22 px
Label: 19 px - 5.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) tiny tap areas (d) captions on videos
- 6.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a long animation (c) a text label (d) a bright colour
- 7.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) everyone (c) nobody (d) only the coder
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8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 28 px
Menu: 18 px
Hint: 12 px
Body text: 24 px (a) Hint (b) Label (c) Menu (d) Body text -
9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 22 px
Body text: 19 px
Menu: 13 px
Footer: 15 px
Hint: 16 px - 10.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 11.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) labels on every icon
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 13.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 15 px
Title: 22 px
Menu: 17 px
Body text: 24 px - 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) fast-flashing lights (c) strong colour contrast (d) colour as the only clue
- 16.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 22 px
Caption: 22 px
Body text: 11 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Body text - 18.True or false: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 22 px
Title: 17 px
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 13 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Menu (d) Caption - 20.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) to hide the sound (c) so anyone can follow (d) to slow them down
- 21.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: colour as the only clue? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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22.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 18 px
Body text: 13 px
Menu: 17 px - 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) icons with no labels (d) big touch targets
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24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 16 px
Label: 19 px
Caption: 24 px
Hint: 13 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Label (d) Body text - 25.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 26.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 18 px
Caption: 13 px
Menu: 13 px
Label: 19 px
Hint: 13 px - 29.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 30.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) strong colour contrast (c) labels on every icon (d) tiny tap areas
- 32.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
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33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 10 px
Menu: 20 px
Title: 21 px
Caption: 27 px
Footer: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Hint (d) Title - 34.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) plays music (d) makes text tiny
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 16 px
Title: 24 px
Body text: 18 px - 36.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 38.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) labels on every icon (c) icons with no labels (d) colour as the only clue
- 40.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) fast-flashing lights (d) big touch targets
Answer key
- colour-blind users
- text that can grow
- 4
- 0
- tiny tap areas
- a text label
- everyone
- Hint
- 2
- 4
- sudden loud sounds
- makes it harder
- False
- 1
- strong colour contrast
- False
- Body text
- False
- Caption
- so anyone can follow
- makes it harder
- 1
- icons with no labels
- Hint
- 6
- False
- False
- 3
- helps everyone
- helps everyone
- tiny tap areas
- icons with no labels
- Hint
- reads the screen aloud
- 0
- True
- True
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- fast-flashing lights
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