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.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) guess on your own
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 3.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 4.👥 A school app has 235 students, 185 teachers and 230 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 5.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a phone setting
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) the app icons (c) only the coders (d) only the testers
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 150 coaches and 210 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A school app has 230 students, 115 teachers and 105 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 13.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 250 doctors and 35 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 15.👥 A school app has 90 students, 65 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.👥 A cricket club app has 175 players, 245 coaches and 30 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 160 doctors and 95 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 23.👥 A library app has 30 readers, 155 librarians and 190 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 25.👥 A library app has 180 readers, 230 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 26.👥 A cricket club app has 275 players, 125 coaches and 130 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 28.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 65 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A school app has 165 students, 160 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 30.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”
- 31.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 115 patients, 240 doctors and 190 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 34.👥 A school app has 150 students, 25 teachers and 100 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 150 patients, 170 doctors and 285 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 36.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 38.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 150 coaches and 45 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- ask and watch users
- a homework planner
- persona
- students
- a problem a user has
- a feature
- a user need
- a water reminder
- a feature
- the people who use it
- 550
- 125
- “I keep missing the bus”
- doctors
- 340
- coaches
- a recipe finder
- doctors
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- a user need
- 35
- a bus tracker
- volunteers
- 530
- “What should I cook?”
- 345
- 5
- a reminder alarm
- True
- 545
- a pocket-money tracker
- students
- 20
- False
- a feature
- True
- False
- 430
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