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