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