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) strong colour contrast (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 2.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 3.♿ A screen has 8 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 4.True or false: “tiny tap areas” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 5.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 3 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 6.♿ Showing right or wrong only in red and green is a problem for ___. (a) the battery (b) fast typists (c) the server (d) colour-blind users
- 7.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) icons with no labels (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
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9.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Menu: 22 px
Footer: 22 px
Title: 23 px - 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) captions on videos (b) labels on every icon (c) text that can grow (d) tiny tap areas
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11.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 22 px
Title: 13 px
Hint: 15 px - 12.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 2 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 13.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 14.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) makes text tiny (b) plays music (c) reads the screen aloud (d) takes photos
- 15.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a long animation (b) a bright colour (c) a text label (d) a sound
- 16.♿ A screen has 10 icon buttons. Only 6 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 17.♿ A screen has 7 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 18.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) big touch targets (d) tiny tap areas
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fast-flashing lights (b) labels on every icon (c) captions on videos (d) text that can grow
- 20.True or false: “text that can grow” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 21.♿ A screen has 11 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 22.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) only the coder (b) everyone (c) nobody (d) only experts
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) icons with no labels (d) text that can grow
- 24.♿ A screen has 12 icon buttons. Only 8 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) tiny tap areas (c) fast-flashing lights (d) sudden loud sounds
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26.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 9 px
Label: 26 px
Body text: 21 px (a) Body text (b) Label (c) Title - 27.True or false: “captions on videos” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “fast-flashing lights” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 24 px
Footer: 12 px
Menu: 23 px (a) Footer (b) Menu (c) Caption -
30.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Hint: 21 px
Footer: 18 px
Menu: 12 px - 31.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) sudden loud sounds (d) colour as the only clue
- 32.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) captions on videos (d) icons with no labels
- 33.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 35.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: icons with no labels? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 36.♿ 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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37.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Menu: 18 px
Label: 20 px
Title: 9 px (a) Label (b) Title (c) Menu - 38.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 4 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Title: 17 px
Body text: 15 px
Footer: 14 px
Caption: 24 px - 40.True or false: “colour as the only clue” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- colour as the only clue
- True
- 7
- True
- 4
- colour-blind users
- False
- strong colour contrast
- 0
- tiny tap areas
- 2
- 3
- False
- reads the screen aloud
- a text label
- 4
- 3
- tiny tap areas
- fast-flashing lights
- False
- 6
- everyone
- icons with no labels
- 4
- text that can grow
- Title
- False
- False
- Footer
- 1
- text that can grow
- icons with no labels
- True
- False
- makes it harder
- makes it harder
- Title
- 5
- 2
- True
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