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