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) sudden loud sounds (c) tiny tap areas (d) big touch targets
- 2.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) colour-blind users (c) fast typists (d) the server
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3.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 17 px
Footer: 18 px
Menu: 13 px
Title: 21 px (a) Menu (b) Label (c) Title (d) Footer - 4.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 5.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) colour as the only clue (c) captions on videos (d) strong colour contrast
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big touch targets (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) captions on videos
- 7.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 8.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 8 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: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 12 px
Title: 18 px
Menu: 21 px
Caption: 22 px -
11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Body text: 21 px
Caption: 15 px
Title: 17 px - 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 22 px
Hint: 12 px
Footer: 19 px - 14.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) strong colour contrast (c) sudden loud sounds (d) labels on every icon
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 16 px
Caption: 14 px
Footer: 19 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Menu - 17.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) takes photos (b) reads the screen aloud (c) makes text tiny (d) plays music
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18.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 18 px
Caption: 24 px
Menu: 14 px (a) Footer (b) Caption (c) Menu - 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) strong colour contrast
- 20.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) icons with no labels (c) fast-flashing lights (d) tiny tap areas
- 22.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) tiny tap areas (c) text that can grow (d) sudden loud sounds
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 15 px
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 16 px
Caption: 18 px - 24.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 28 px
Body text: 16 px
Caption: 13 px
Hint: 26 px
Title: 18 px (a) Label (b) Hint (c) Body text (d) Caption -
26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 20 px
Caption: 22 px
Body text: 15 px -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 16 px
Caption: 10 px
Body text: 22 px
Menu: 19 px
Footer: 16 px - 28.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
- 29.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 25 px
Menu: 14 px
Hint: 20 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Hint -
31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 18 px
Caption: 17 px
Label: 20 px
Body text: 17 px - 32.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) big touch targets
- 33.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
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34.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 19 px
Body text: 22 px
Label: 14 px
Menu: 23 px (a) Menu (b) Body text (c) Title (d) Label - 35.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 36.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) to add colour (d) so anyone can follow
- 37.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) captions on videos (b) fast-flashing lights (c) sudden loud sounds (d) icons with no labels
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38.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 22 px
Caption: 13 px
Body text: 18 px
Menu: 23 px -
39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 13 px
Hint: 17 px
Footer: 28 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Footer -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 20 px
Menu: 15 px
Body text: 11 px
Title: 16 px
Hint: 14 px
Answer key
- big touch targets
- colour-blind users
- Menu
- makes it harder
- colour as the only clue
- icons with no labels
- helps everyone
- 3
- makes it harder
- 1
- 1
- labels on every icon
- 1
- 3
- sudden loud sounds
- Caption
- reads the screen aloud
- Menu
- colour as the only clue
- True
- strong colour contrast
- text that can grow
- 1
- True
- Caption
- 1
- 1
- icons with no labels
- makes it harder
- Menu
- 0
- tiny tap areas
- helps everyone
- Label
- True
- so anyone can follow
- captions on videos
- 1
- Menu
- 3
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