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