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