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.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 11 px
Menu: 18 px
Hint: 23 px -
3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 13 px
Body text: 17 px
Footer: 23 px - 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) sudden loud sounds (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 5.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: captions on videos? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 8.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) icons with no labels (c) strong colour contrast (d) text that can grow
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 12 px
Body text: 28 px
Menu: 16 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Hint - 10.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 24 px
Hint: 25 px
Body text: 9 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Body text - 12.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
- 14.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 15.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) captions on videos (b) icons with no labels (c) sudden loud sounds (d) tiny tap areas
- 16.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) labels on every icon (c) sudden loud sounds (d) icons with no labels
- 18.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) fast-flashing lights (c) captions on videos (d) sudden loud sounds
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) captions on videos (c) strong colour contrast (d) sudden loud sounds
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21.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 11 px
Body text: 15 px
Hint: 10 px - 22.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 23.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a long animation (c) a text label (d) a bright colour
- 24.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to hide the sound (c) to slow them down (d) to add colour
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 17 px
Title: 11 px
Label: 28 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Title - 26.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) colour-blind users (b) the battery (c) fast typists (d) the server
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27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 11 px
Label: 19 px
Menu: 23 px
Caption: 16 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Menu (d) Hint -
28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 17 px
Label: 19 px
Title: 11 px (a) Caption (b) Label (c) Title -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 20 px
Title: 22 px
Body text: 17 px -
30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 17 px
Caption: 14 px
Menu: 24 px
Title: 18 px (a) Caption (b) Footer (c) Title (d) Menu - 31.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 4 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. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 18 px
Footer: 19 px
Menu: 22 px
Label: 22 px
Hint: 12 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Menu (d) Caption - 33.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) plays music (b) takes photos (c) reads the screen aloud (d) makes text tiny
- 34.True or false: “text that can grow” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) sudden loud sounds
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 21 px
Menu: 24 px
Body text: 11 px
Caption: 11 px
Title: 16 px - 37.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) strong colour contrast (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 38.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 22 px
Title: 16 px
Hint: 13 px -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 25 px
Title: 22 px
Hint: 13 px (a) Caption (b) Hint (c) Title
Answer key
- 6
- 1
- 1
- labels on every icon
- 3
- makes it harder
- helps everyone
- icons with no labels
- Hint
- True
- Body text
- 4
- icons with no labels
- makes it harder
- captions on videos
- helps everyone
- labels on every icon
- tiny tap areas
- captions on videos
- sudden loud sounds
- 3
- False
- a text label
- so anyone can follow
- Title
- colour-blind users
- Hint
- Title
- 0
- Caption
- 1
- Hint
- reads the screen aloud
- True
- big touch targets
- 2
- strong colour contrast
- False
- 1
- Hint
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