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.👥 A library app has 220 readers, 120 librarians and 160 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 4.👥 A library app has 180 readers, 210 librarians and 165 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 110 patients, 230 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 6.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 9.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 10.👥 A clinic app has 165 patients, 130 doctors and 235 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 12.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 13.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
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 15.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to pick a logo (c) to build what they need (d) to slow it down
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.👥 A cricket club app has 280 players, 160 coaches and 85 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 18.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 20.👥 A school app has 75 students, 255 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.👥 A school app has 175 students, 25 teachers and 95 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 23.👥 A school app has 130 students, 285 teachers and 170 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 24.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 27.👥 A school app has 110 students, 40 teachers and 200 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎯 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 recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 31.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 32.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 34.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) is easy to build (c) wins every prize (d) needs no testing
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.👥 A school app has 150 students, 255 teachers and 160 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 37.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 65 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 38.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) pixel (d) persona
- 39.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- readers
- a big-text reader
- a pocket-money tracker
- librarians
- doctors
- True
- a search bar
- a dark mode switch
- False
- 530
- a reminder alarm
- a share button
- “Small text is hard”
- a feature
- to build what they need
- a feature
- players
- “I forget my homework”
- a bus tracker
- 540
- 150
- a homework planner
- 115
- False
- True
- a user need
- 350
- True
- True
- a water reminder
- a homework planner
- ask and watch users
- a pocket-money tracker
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- teachers
- volunteers
- persona
- False
- False
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