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