App Dev Worksheet: Users and Needs
Developer's tip (User first): Users are the people the app is for; there are often several groups (students, teachers, parents). A need is the user’s problem; a feature is how the app solves it. Ask and watch real users before you build.
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- 1.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 3.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 6.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 125 patients, 170 doctors and 270 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I forget my homework”
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 11.👥 A library app has 30 readers, 60 librarians and 220 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 12.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 14.👥 A school app has 40 students, 165 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 110 players, 265 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 19.👥 A school app has 20 students, 240 teachers and 65 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 20.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 22.👥 A school app has 90 students, 170 teachers and 275 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 245 patients, 60 doctors and 40 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) only the coders
- 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 31.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 185 players, 215 coaches and 135 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 34.👥 A school app has 65 students, 20 teachers and 130 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 35.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 36.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 37.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 38.👥 A library app has 295 readers, 25 librarians and 45 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
Answer key
- False
- a recipe finder
- False
- False
- a search bar
- False
- 565
- a homework planner
- a dark mode switch
- a user need
- 30
- persona
- a user need
- 420
- False
- False
- “What should I cook?”
- 210
- 45
- False
- True
- parents
- a user need
- a user need
- True
- patients
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- the people who use it
- a homework planner
- a feature
- a water reminder
- 30
- 65
- “I forget my homework”
- a water reminder
- True
- 20
- False
- a reminder alarm
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