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 120 players, 245 coaches and 100 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 2.🎯 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
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) persona
- 6.👥 A school app has 230 students, 100 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 280 players, 150 coaches and 120 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 280 players, 95 coaches and 45 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to build what they need (c) to make it longer (d) to pick a logo
- 18.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 19.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 60 doctors and 300 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 21.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a problem a user has (c) a colour theme (d) a type of button
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 23.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 35 patients, 75 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 85 doctors and 300 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 27.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 28.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 285 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 29.👥 A school app has 130 students, 35 teachers and 280 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 230 coaches and 25 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 31.🎯 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
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 300 patients, 115 doctors and 40 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 34.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 36.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 115 coaches and 90 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 200 players, 245 coaches and 20 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 255 players, 85 coaches and 70 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 215 coaches and 25 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
Answer key
- 125
- ask and watch users
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- persona
- 60
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- “I forget my homework”
- players
- a user need
- True
- True
- a user need
- 50
- a feature
- to build what they need
- a search bar
- False
- nurses
- a problem a user has
- a big-text reader
- helps nobody well
- a feature
- 155
- 115
- False
- librarians
- parents
- 200
- the people who use it
- 260
- a pocket-money tracker
- “What should I cook?”
- a recipe finder
- 75
- coaches
- players
- a feature
- coaches
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