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