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