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 cricket club app has 135 players, 275 coaches and 300 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 4.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 5.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 7.👥 A cricket club app has 220 players, 105 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 8.👥 A school app has 85 students, 215 teachers and 65 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a search bar
- 10.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 11.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 90 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 12.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 235 patients, 140 doctors and 255 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 15.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 16.👥 A school app has 125 students, 175 teachers and 95 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 18.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 19.👥 A library app has 175 readers, 165 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) ask and watch users
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 22.👥 A clinic app has 260 patients, 40 doctors and 145 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 23.👥 A school app has 35 students, 100 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 25.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) “What should I cook?”
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 280 coaches and 110 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) helps nobody well (c) wins every prize (d) needs no testing
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 100 coaches and 245 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 32.👥 A library app has 160 readers, 190 librarians and 50 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 33.👥 A school app has 215 students, 245 teachers and 240 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 35.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 36.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 300 librarians and 220 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 37.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) persona (c) password (d) protocol
- 39.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 40.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
Answer key
- 710
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- a search bar
- a feature
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 115
- 365
- “What should I cook?”
- a reminder alarm
- readers
- True
- a homework planner
- nurses
- False
- 50
- a water reminder
- False
- 525
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- 220
- 65
- a user need
- a share button
- a user need
- 460
- a user need
- False
- helps nobody well
- fans
- 30
- teachers
- a big-text reader
- False
- librarians
- True
- persona
- a homework planner
- a feature
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