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.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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2.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 12 px
Menu: 20 px
Caption: 22 px
Title: 25 px (a) Caption (b) Title (c) Menu (d) Body text - 3.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 4.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) icons with no labels (b) labels on every icon (c) text that can grow (d) captions on videos
- 5.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) everyone (c) only the coder (d) only experts
- 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 7.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) captions on videos (c) strong colour contrast (d) text that can grow
- 9.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 10.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) tiny tap areas (d) captions on videos
- 12.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 23 px
Menu: 19 px
Label: 17 px
Title: 19 px
Body text: 16 px -
14.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 18 px
Footer: 16 px
Label: 20 px
Body text: 12 px
Title: 23 px - 15.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a sound (b) a bright colour (c) a text label (d) a long animation
- 16.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.True or false: “icons with no labels” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 18.♿ 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
- 19.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) strong colour contrast (d) colour as the only clue
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) fast-flashing lights (d) big touch targets
- 21.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) plays music (c) reads the screen aloud (d) takes photos
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) icons with no labels (c) text that can grow (d) labels on every icon
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23.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 21 px
Footer: 19 px
Caption: 22 px
Label: 10 px
Hint: 14 px -
24.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 24 px
Body text: 17 px
Footer: 10 px
Label: 12 px - 25.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) to slow them down (b) to hide the sound (c) to add colour (d) so anyone can follow
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 20 px
Title: 28 px
Body text: 13 px
Footer: 20 px (a) Title (b) Footer (c) Body text (d) Caption -
27.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Footer: 16 px
Title: 23 px
Menu: 18 px
Body text: 11 px
Hint: 18 px - 28.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 29.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 30.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (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?
Title: 21 px
Menu: 12 px
Caption: 26 px (a) Menu (b) Caption (c) Title -
32.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 9 px
Footer: 18 px
Label: 25 px
Menu: 17 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Body text (d) Label - 33.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) labels on every icon (c) big touch targets (d) sudden loud sounds
- 34.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 35.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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36.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 27 px
Hint: 19 px
Title: 9 px
Caption: 24 px
Menu: 19 px (a) Hint (b) Caption (c) Label (d) Title - 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: big touch targets? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colour as the only clue (b) icons with no labels (c) labels on every icon (d) tiny tap areas
- 39.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
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40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 18 px
Body text: 10 px
Menu: 13 px
Answer key
- False
- Body text
- makes it harder
- icons with no labels
- everyone
- helps everyone
- tiny tap areas
- colour as the only clue
- helps everyone
- True
- captions on videos
- True
- 0
- 1
- a text label
- 3
- True
- colour-blind users
- colour as the only clue
- fast-flashing lights
- reads the screen aloud
- icons with no labels
- 2
- 2
- so anyone can follow
- Body text
- 1
- 4
- 3
- False
- Menu
- Body text
- sudden loud sounds
- helps everyone
- True
- Title
- helps everyone
- labels on every icon
- False
- 2
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