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