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