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