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: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 2.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) big touch targets (c) tiny tap areas (d) sudden loud sounds
- 3.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only experts (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) nobody
- 4.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) captions on videos (c) tiny tap areas (d) icons with no labels
- 5.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 6.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a sound (c) a long animation (d) a text label
- 7.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 8.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) reads the screen aloud (c) plays music (d) makes text tiny
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
- 10.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 10 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 11.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 17 px
Body text: 17 px
Hint: 20 px
Menu: 15 px
Caption: 17 px - 13.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 13 px
Menu: 23 px
Label: 15 px
Caption: 20 px - 15.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 16.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) sudden loud sounds
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 11 px
Label: 12 px
Body text: 18 px -
19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 18 px
Label: 26 px
Title: 14 px
Body text: 28 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Title (d) Body text -
20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 16 px
Body text: 18 px
Footer: 10 px (a) Body text (b) Caption (c) Footer - 21.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) tiny tap areas (c) fast-flashing lights (d) colour as the only clue
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) labels on every icon (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
- 24.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 19 px
Menu: 17 px
Title: 20 px - 26.♿ A screen has 5 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. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 21 px
Hint: 17 px
Footer: 11 px
Caption: 25 px (a) Hint (b) Title (c) Footer (d) Caption - 28.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) text that can grow (d) icons with no labels
- 30.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 31.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 12 px
Caption: 26 px
Body text: 24 px
Title: 18 px (a) Caption (b) Footer (c) Title (d) Body text -
33.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 26 px
Body text: 18 px
Menu: 12 px (a) Footer (b) Body text (c) Menu -
34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 28 px
Caption: 26 px
Menu: 13 px (a) Menu (b) Hint (c) Caption - 35.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to add colour (b) to slow them down (c) so anyone can follow (d) to hide the sound
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 18 px
Menu: 24 px
Hint: 10 px (a) Title (b) Hint (c) Menu - 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 13 px
Footer: 18 px
Menu: 17 px
Title: 18 px
Hint: 23 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Body text (d) Title - 39.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 40.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) colour-blind users (b) the server (c) the battery (d) fast typists
Answer key
- makes it harder
- big touch targets
- everyone
- captions on videos
- False
- a text label
- True
- reads the screen aloud
- icons with no labels
- 1
- True
- 1
- tiny tap areas
- 2
- helps everyone
- 3
- text that can grow
- 2
- Title
- Footer
- False
- captions on videos
- fast-flashing lights
- 6
- 0
- 4
- Footer
- 7
- text that can grow
- 3
- False
- Footer
- Menu
- Menu
- so anyone can follow
- Hint
- makes it harder
- Body text
- True
- colour-blind users
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