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