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