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