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