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