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.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 85 doctors and 145 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 280 doctors and 270 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 8.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.🎯 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 pocket-money tracker
- 11.👥 A school app has 260 students, 125 teachers and 175 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 12.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 220 doctors and 60 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 185 players, 240 coaches and 95 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 14.👥 A school app has 205 students, 95 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) write the code (c) guess on your own (d) ask and watch users
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 17.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 18.👥 A school app has 285 students, 150 teachers and 160 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 19.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) only the testers (c) the people who use it (d) the app icons
- 21.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to make it longer (c) to build what they need (d) to pick a logo
- 22.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) needs no testing (c) helps nobody well (d) wins every prize
- 24.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 25.👥 A school app has 155 students, 100 teachers and 160 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 27.👥 A school app has 250 students, 110 teachers and 230 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 25 patients, 235 doctors and 115 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 29.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 215 patients, 280 doctors and 25 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 32.👥 A cricket club app has 95 players, 260 coaches and 120 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 33.👥 A school app has 235 students, 50 teachers and 20 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 34.👥 A school app has 100 students, 35 teachers and 255 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 100 doctors and 95 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 110 doctors and 240 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 37.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 155 librarians and 75 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- a reminder alarm
- 410
- a user need
- a homework planner
- doctors
- a user need
- a search bar
- “I forget my homework”
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- students
- 420
- coaches
- 530
- ask and watch users
- a big-text reader
- True
- 10
- True
- the people who use it
- to build what they need
- False
- helps nobody well
- False
- 60
- “I keep missing the bus”
- students
- 120
- a share button
- 520
- a feature
- 165
- students
- 65
- 245
- nurses
- False
- True
- a feature
- 500
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