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: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) icons with no labels (d) big touch targets
- 4.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a long animation (c) a text label (d) a sound
- 5.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 6.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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7.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 11 px
Title: 28 px
Caption: 24 px
Label: 24 px (a) Title (b) Menu (c) Caption (d) Label - 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) strong colour contrast (c) captions on videos (d) text that can grow
- 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) colour as the only clue (b) tiny tap areas (c) captions on videos (d) sudden loud sounds
- 10.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: labels on every icon? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 11.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 12.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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13.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 11 px
Footer: 24 px
Label: 22 px
Title: 24 px
Menu: 26 px (a) Title (b) Caption (c) Footer (d) Label - 14.True or false: “strong colour contrast” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) text that can grow (d) sudden loud sounds
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 22 px
Body text: 13 px
Caption: 24 px
Menu: 27 px (a) Caption (b) Menu (c) Body text (d) Hint - 17.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 18.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) tiny tap areas (c) colour as the only clue (d) strong colour contrast
- 19.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
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20.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 19 px
Hint: 12 px
Title: 23 px
Caption: 21 px
Label: 23 px - 21.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 9 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 22.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 23.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 24.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) labels on every icon (c) colour as the only clue (d) icons with no labels
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25.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 20 px
Title: 19 px
Hint: 14 px (a) Hint (b) Body text (c) Title - 26.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) big touch targets (c) colour as the only clue (d) captions on videos
- 28.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 29.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the server (b) colour-blind users (c) the battery (d) fast typists
- 30.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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31.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 17 px
Footer: 14 px
Caption: 14 px - 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) sudden loud sounds (c) text that can grow (d) big touch targets
- 33.True or false: “colour as the only clue” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) strong colour contrast (b) captions on videos (c) labels on every icon (d) icons with no labels
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35.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Label: 18 px
Menu: 20 px
Footer: 14 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Label - 36.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 37.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) captions on videos (d) big touch targets
- 38.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) makes text tiny (c) takes photos (d) plays music
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 10 px
Footer: 19 px
Title: 18 px - 40.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- False
- icons with no labels
- a text label
- makes it harder
- True
- Menu
- fast-flashing lights
- captions on videos
- helps everyone
- 8
- helps everyone
- Caption
- True
- text that can grow
- Body text
- helps everyone
- strong colour contrast
- makes it harder
- 1
- 3
- False
- makes it harder
- labels on every icon
- Hint
- True
- colour as the only clue
- 7
- colour-blind users
- True
- 2
- sudden loud sounds
- False
- icons with no labels
- Footer
- 4
- tiny tap areas
- reads the screen aloud
- 1
- True
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