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