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