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.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) the battery (c) fast typists (d) colour-blind users
- 2.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) colour as the only clue (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
- 4.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 17 px
Menu: 27 px
Caption: 9 px
Hint: 28 px
Title: 27 px (a) Menu (b) Footer (c) Caption (d) Hint -
6.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 23 px
Menu: 12 px
Hint: 15 px - 7.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 8.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) tiny tap areas (c) strong colour contrast (d) big touch targets
- 11.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) fast-flashing lights (c) icons with no labels (d) strong colour contrast
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 23 px
Caption: 19 px
Footer: 18 px
Hint: 11 px
Title: 27 px (a) Label (b) Caption (c) Hint (d) Footer - 13.♿ 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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14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 23 px
Label: 17 px
Title: 21 px
Menu: 19 px - 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) captions on videos
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 14 px
Footer: 19 px
Label: 22 px (a) Label (b) Body text (c) Footer - 17.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) big touch targets (c) text that can grow (d) fast-flashing lights
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19.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Caption: 20 px
Body text: 24 px
Footer: 19 px
Title: 17 px -
20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 23 px
Label: 23 px
Menu: 25 px
Body text: 14 px (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Label (d) Body text - 21.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to add colour (c) to hide the sound (d) to slow them down
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) sudden loud sounds (c) text that can grow (d) fast-flashing lights
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 24 px
Title: 10 px
Footer: 16 px
Label: 17 px
Body text: 20 px - 24.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) big touch targets (c) icons with no labels (d) captions on videos
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 10 px
Menu: 24 px
Footer: 24 px
Caption: 11 px -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 15 px
Caption: 12 px
Menu: 11 px - 28.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 11 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?
Caption: 13 px
Label: 17 px
Footer: 14 px
Title: 10 px - 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: “icons with no labels” helps everyone use the app. (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: 14 px
Title: 28 px
Caption: 16 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Footer - 33.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 34.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 12 px
Footer: 14 px
Caption: 12 px
Title: 10 px - 36.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 15 px
Title: 16 px
Menu: 24 px
Footer: 11 px
Body text: 22 px -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 25 px
Body text: 11 px
Caption: 17 px (a) Caption (b) Label (c) Body text
Answer key
- colour-blind users
- makes it harder
- strong colour contrast
- True
- Caption
- 2
- True
- 5
- helps everyone
- tiny tap areas
- strong colour contrast
- Hint
- 8
- 0
- captions on videos
- Body text
- True
- fast-flashing lights
- 0
- Body text
- so anyone can follow
- text that can grow
- 1
- True
- icons with no labels
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 3
- False
- Footer
- helps everyone
- False
- 4
- 3
- False
- False
- 2
- Body text
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