App Dev Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Developer's tip (Name the topic): First decide which topic the question is about. Use that lesson’s rule: count, order, match or work it out. Read every line of a screen or a code snippet before you answer.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: an app is installed on a phone. (a) True (b) False
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2.🧩 Which of these is a button on this screen?
[title] Sign Up
[button] Start
[button] Done
[text box] Name (a) Start (b) Name - 3.Which of these is a button? (a) today’s step count (b) tap to Start (c) your saved notes (d) a box to type a name
- 4.🧩 What does a button do when you tap it? (a) shows the time (b) saves the battery (c) changes the phone (d) starts an action
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5.🗒️ Version 1 of a pocket-money tracker must be ready in 15 days. How many days are left for extras after the must-haves?
add money received: 1 days
add money spent: 3 days
show the balance: 5 days - 6.True or false: you list what users need at the plan stage. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📱 The word “app” is short for ___. (a) appointment (b) apparatus (c) application (d) appetite
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8.🗒️ Version 1 of a quiz app must be ready in 13 days. How many days are left for extras after the must-haves?
show a question: 4 days
check the answer: 4 days
show the score: 5 days - 9.🗒️ You are planning version 1 of a quiz app. Which feature can WAIT for a later version? (a) check the answer (b) show a question (c) an avatar shop (d) show the score
- 10.🗒️ In MVP, the M stands for ___. (a) mobile (b) minimum (c) maximum (d) music
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11.🧩 How many buttons does this app screen have?
[title] Sign Up
[button] Send
[text box] City
[button] Next - 12.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗒️ You are planning version 1 of a bus tracker. Which feature can WAIT for a later version? (a) see where the bus is (b) rate the driver (c) pick your bus stop (d) show arrival time
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14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 4 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes - 15.📅 An app team plans for 4 days, builds for 6 days, tests for 2 days and releases on 1 more day. Planning starts on day 1. On which day does building finish?
- 16.🗒️ Why keep version 1 small? (a) to look bigger (b) to confuse users (c) to learn from users soon (d) to use up storage
- 17.📅 An app team plans for 3 days, builds for 6 days, tests for 2 days and releases on 1 more day. How many more days does building take than testing?
- 18.👥 A school app has 200 students, 180 teachers and 90 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 19.🗒️ You are planning version 1 of a bus tracker. Which feature can WAIT for a later version? (a) change the bus icon (b) show arrival time (c) pick your bus stop (d) see where the bus is
- 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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21.🗒️ Version 1 of a pocket-money tracker must be ready in 8 days. How many days are left for extras after the must-haves?
add money received: 1 days
add money spent: 3 days
show the balance: 4 days -
22.🧩 How many buttons does this app screen have?
[title] Settings
[button] Save
[text box] Phone
[slider] Text size
[button] Next - 23.🧩 In an app, what is a switch for dark mode? (a) a screen (b) data (c) an input (d) a button
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 25.🗂️ What kind of app is a word battle? (a) a game (b) a health app (c) a tool app (d) a learning app
- 26.🗒️ You are planning version 1 of a quiz app. Which feature can WAIT for a later version? (a) show the score (b) check the answer (c) background music (d) show a question
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 28.Which of these is true of an app? (a) needs no installing (b) opens in a web browser (c) opens from a link (d) comes from an app store
- 29.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) password (c) protocol (d) persona
- 30.True or false: an app comes from an app store. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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32.🧩 How many inputs (text boxes, switches and sliders) does this screen have?
[title] Sign Up
[slider] Volume
[button] Next
[text box] Due date
[text box] Subject - 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
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34.🗒️ Version 1 of a bus tracker must be ready in 11 days. How many days are left for extras after the must-haves?
see where the bus is: 4 days
show arrival time: 4 days
pick your bus stop: 2 days - 35.True or false: a pop-up message is processing. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to build what they need (b) to pick a logo (c) to make it longer (d) to slow it down
- 37.Which of these happens at the idea stage? (a) spot a problem to solve (b) write down the bugs (c) share the download link (d) connect the data
- 38.Which of these is an input? (a) tap to Save (b) a date picker (c) tap to Start (d) your saved notes
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39.⚙️ Which line does the processing (works out the answer)?
line 1: let price = 45; // typed by the user
line 2: let qty = 4; // typed by the user
line 3: let total = price * qty;
line 4: show(total); (a) line 3 (b) line 1 (c) line 2 (d) line 4 - 40.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a lost-and-found board
Answer key
- True
- Start
- tap to Start
- starts an action
- 6
- False
- application
- 0
- an avatar shop
- minimum
- 2
- False
- rate the driver
- 20
- 10
- to learn from users soon
- 4
- students
- change the bus icon
- True
- 0
- 2
- an input
- a user need
- a game
- background music
- a bus tracker
- comes from an app store
- persona
- True
- False
- 3
- a homework planner
- 1
- False
- to build what they need
- spot a problem to solve
- a date picker
- line 3
- a lost-and-found board
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