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