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 clinic app has 75 patients, 245 doctors and 100 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 2.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the people who use it (c) only the coders (d) the app icons
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a share button
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 7.👥 A school app has 70 students, 50 teachers and 80 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 9.👥 A cricket club app has 280 players, 85 coaches and 135 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 12.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 13.👥 A school app has 245 students, 275 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 100 librarians and 280 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 15.👥 A school app has 60 students, 85 teachers and 110 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) write the code (c) guess on your own (d) pick the colours
- 17.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 18.👥 A school app has 210 students, 290 teachers and 90 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 19.👥 A school app has 55 students, 105 teachers and 255 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a dark mode switch
- 22.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 145 doctors and 65 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 26.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 27.👥 A library app has 140 readers, 55 librarians and 280 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 140 coaches and 85 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 29.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 65 librarians and 170 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 31.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 34.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 265 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 36.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) persona (c) password (d) pixel
- 37.🎯 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
- 38.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a colour theme (d) a type of button
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 210 doctors and 215 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
Answer key
- 145
- the people who use it
- a share button
- a bus tracker
- a search bar
- a user need
- parents
- a homework planner
- 500
- a bus tracker
- a recipe finder
- True
- 730
- volunteers
- 255
- ask and watch users
- “I forget my homework”
- 200
- parents
- a user need
- a dark mode switch
- False
- a feature
- 80
- a big-text reader
- True
- volunteers
- 30
- volunteers
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- True
- a user need
- 810
- “Small text is hard”
- persona
- to build what they need
- a problem a user has
- a feature
- 5
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