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