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