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