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