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