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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 250 coaches and 170 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 3.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 160 players, 190 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 5.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 300 coaches and 265 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 15.👥 A clinic app has 30 patients, 105 doctors and 185 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 17.👥 A school app has 165 students, 195 teachers and 275 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 19.👥 A school app has 265 students, 110 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 20.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) wins every prize (c) is easy to build (d) needs no testing
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 295 players, 115 coaches and 160 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 23.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to slow it down (c) to pick a logo (d) to build what they need
- 25.👥 A school app has 210 students, 65 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.👥 A school app has 105 students, 200 teachers and 245 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 225 coaches and 180 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 85 coaches and 285 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 30.👥 A library app has 215 readers, 55 librarians and 190 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 32.👥 A school app has 125 students, 140 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 33.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) pixel (c) password (d) protocol
- 34.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a colour theme (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 50 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 39.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 190 patients, 100 doctors and 135 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
Answer key
- a reminder alarm
- coaches
- False
- 30
- a user need
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a homework planner
- a feature
- a user need
- a homework planner
- “Small text is hard”
- coaches
- a bus tracker
- a water reminder
- 155
- a bus tracker
- 30
- a water reminder
- 70
- True
- helps nobody well
- 135
- True
- to build what they need
- 490
- parents
- 640
- 45
- a pocket-money tracker
- 460
- True
- 15
- persona
- a problem a user has
- a user need
- True
- False
- 65
- “What should I cook?”
- patients
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