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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 175 players, 275 coaches and 210 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 3.👥 A school app has 110 students, 130 teachers and 200 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 8.👥 A clinic app has 205 patients, 65 doctors and 225 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 290 players, 45 coaches and 150 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a reminder alarm
- 13.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 230 librarians and 210 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 14.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 16.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 150 patients, 90 doctors and 295 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 18.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) ask and watch users (c) pick the colours (d) guess on your own
- 19.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) only the coders (c) the app icons (d) the people who use it
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 21.👥 A school app has 60 students, 200 teachers and 95 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 22.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👥 A school app has 300 students, 20 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 25.👥 A library app has 45 readers, 145 librarians and 25 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a search bar
- 27.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 110 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 240 patients, 70 doctors and 265 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.👥 A school app has 285 students, 185 teachers and 65 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 31.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 32.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 115 patients, 300 doctors and 290 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 34.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) password (c) protocol (d) persona
- 35.👥 A school app has 170 students, 155 teachers and 260 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 36.👥 A library app has 260 readers, 55 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 37.👥 A school app has 205 students, 90 teachers and 110 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 39.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 140 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 40.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a user need
- 35
- 440
- a feature
- a water reminder
- a water reminder
- a dark mode switch
- nurses
- a user need
- 485
- a problem a user has
- “I keep missing the bus”
- readers
- True
- a big-text reader
- False
- nurses
- ask and watch users
- the people who use it
- a bus tracker
- 105
- False
- 475
- True
- librarians
- “Small text is hard”
- 70
- a feature
- 575
- students
- a search bar
- a reminder alarm
- 175
- persona
- 90
- 205
- 95
- a pocket-money tracker
- librarians
- False
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