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