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