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