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App development lesson 16: Designing apps: Part 2 test · Set 429 · 40 questions
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Developer's tip (Think like the user): First decide which topic the question is about. Use that lesson’s rule: 48 px buttons, 16 px text, the screen stack, the flow order. For code, count positions from 0.

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  1. 1.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🖼️ How many parts (boxes) does this wireframe have?
    [ menu icon ]
    [ search box ]
    [ list of items ]
    [ top bar ]
    [ big picture ]
  3. 3.Which of these is true of a wireframe? (a) looks like the real app (b) shows the real fonts (c) uses the final pictures (d) shows where things go
  4. 4.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  5. 5.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
    Design A: Home → Cart → Shop → Pens
    Design B: Home → Item → Address → Menu → Size → Search → Offers
  7. 7.✏️ Is this true of a wireframe or of a final design: looks like the real app? (a) a final design (b) a wireframe
  8. 8.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
    Menu: 19 px
    Body text: 10 px
    Title: 24 px
    (a) Menu (b) Title (c) Body text
  9. 9.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Start button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 48 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Next (c) Help (d) Start
  10. 10.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
    Label: 17 px
    Footer: 9 px
    Title: 22 px
    (a) Footer (b) Label (c) Title
  11. 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  12. 12.🖼️ In this wireframe (top to bottom), what is right below the big picture?
    [ tab bar ]
    [ Add button ]
    [ list of items ]
    [ big picture ]
    [ filter buttons ]
    (a) list of items (b) filter buttons (c) Add button (d) tab bar
  13. 13.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the font size (c) whether users get lost (d) how easy sign-up is
  15. 15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
    Design A: Home → Confirm → Address
    Design B: Home → Cart → Offers → Search → Size
  16. 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Help button: 44 px tall
    Save button: 48 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Cancel (c) Save
  17. 17.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
  18. 18.🔢 In a sign-up flow, which comes first: “make a password” or “open the app”? (a) open the app (b) make a password
  19. 19.🖼️ How many parts (boxes) does this wireframe have?
    [ Save button ]
    [ search box ]
    [ menu icon ]
    [ title text ]
    [ top bar ]
    [ tab bar ]
  20. 20.💾 Which can hold many values in order? (a) a single number (b) a button (c) a list (d) a switch
  21. 21.Which of these fits saving on the phone? (a) a class leaderboard (b) chat messages to friends (c) photos on two devices (d) your last game level
  22. 22.🔢 In a sign-up flow, which comes first: “see the home screen” or “make a password”? (a) see the home screen (b) make a password
  23. 23.✏️ Is this true of a wireframe or of a final design: is a quick sketch? (a) a final design (b) a wireframe
  24. 24.True or false: a wireframe looks like the real app. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is true of a tab bar? (a) undoes one move (b) goes to the last screen (c) switches main sections (d) hides extra links
  26. 26.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
    Design A: Home → Confirm → Pens → Shop
    Design B: Home → Offers → Size → Address → Shop → Search → Pay
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) colour as the only clue (d) text that can grow
  28. 28.🔢 In a sign-up flow, which comes first: “tap “Sign up”” or “type name and email”? (a) tap “Sign up” (b) type name and email
  29. 29.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) light grey on white (b) pale pink on white (c) black on yellow (d) dark blue on black
  30. 30.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UI (b) UX
  31. 31.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to hide the sound (c) to add colour (d) to slow them down
  32. 32.🔢 In a sign-up flow, which comes first: “see the home screen” or “open the app”? (a) open the app (b) see the home screen
  33. 33.🖼️ How many parts (boxes) does this wireframe have?
    [ title text ]
    [ menu icon ]
    [ filter buttons ]
    [ tab bar ]
  34. 34.🖼️ In this wireframe (top to bottom), what is right below the top bar?
    [ Save button ]
    [ top bar ]
    [ big picture ]
    [ Add button ]
    (a) Add button (b) Save button (c) big picture
  35. 35.🔢 In a sign-up flow, what comes right after “open the app”? (a) type name and email (b) tap “Sign up” (c) make a password (d) enter the code sent
  36. 36.🧭 The app has tabs Feed, Chat, Settings. You start on Feed, then:
    1. open “Map”
    2. tap Back
    3. open “Edit photo”
    4. tap the Feed tab
    5. open “Score card”
    Which screen are you on now?
    (a) Edit photo (b) Map (c) Feed (d) Score card
  37. 37.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: text that can grow? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
  38. 38.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
    Design A: Home → Cart → Pens → Menu → Offers
    Design B: Home → Address → Pens
    (a) Design B (b) Design A
  39. 39.🔢 In a photo-post flow, which comes FIRST? (a) add a filter (b) write a caption (c) open the camera screen (d) post the photo
  40. 40.🧭 The app has tabs Feed, Chat, Settings. You start on Feed, then:
    1. open “Video”
    2. open “Video”
    3. tap Back
    Which screen are you on now?
    (a) Chat (b) Video (c) Settings (d) Feed

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 5
  3. shows where things go
  4. hard to read
  5. False
  6. 3
  7. a final design
  8. Body text
  9. Help
  10. Footer
  11. 28
  12. filter buttons
  13. easy to read
  14. the font size
  15. 2
  16. Help
  17. good design
  18. open the app
  19. 6
  20. a list
  21. your last game level
  22. make a password
  23. a wireframe
  24. False
  25. switches main sections
  26. 3
  27. text that can grow
  28. tap “Sign up”
  29. black on yellow
  30. UI
  31. so anyone can follow
  32. open the app
  33. 4
  34. big picture
  35. tap “Sign up”
  36. Score card
  37. helps everyone
  38. Design B
  39. open the camera screen
  40. Video

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