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