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 user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 2.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 3.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 5.👥 A library app has 60 readers, 130 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 6.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 110 patients, 70 doctors and 290 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 8.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) ask and watch users (d) pick the colours
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 10.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 95 players, 210 coaches and 215 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 13.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 16.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 75 librarians and 275 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 17.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 30 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 155 doctors and 245 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.👥 A school app has 25 students, 140 teachers and 285 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 21.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 22.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) helps nobody well (c) needs no testing (d) wins every prize
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 135 patients, 125 doctors and 75 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 20 doctors and 295 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 25.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 140 librarians and 235 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 27.👥 A library app has 95 readers, 140 librarians and 85 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 28.👥 A school app has 270 students, 115 teachers and 75 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 245 players, 175 coaches and 105 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 30.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 31.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 32.🎯 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
- 33.👥 A library app has 170 readers, 280 librarians and 240 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 130 coaches and 90 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 35.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 36.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a search bar
- 37.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 38.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 235 librarians and 270 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) pixel (d) protocol
Answer key
- “What should I cook?”
- a problem a user has
- True
- a recipe finder
- 85
- True
- nurses
- ask and watch users
- a user need
- True
- a feature
- 120
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a dark mode switch
- a user need
- 200
- 365
- 540
- 260
- a water reminder
- a share button
- helps nobody well
- patients
- 275
- 30
- a bus tracker
- 55
- 40
- 140
- a feature
- a bus tracker
- to build what they need
- 690
- coaches
- the people who use it
- a search bar
- a user need
- volunteers
- a feature
- persona
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