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