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