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 60 patients, 190 doctors and 285 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a dark mode switch
- 3.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) persona
- 4.👥 A school app has 70 students, 60 teachers and 25 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 5.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 90 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 8.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the testers (c) the people who use it (d) only the coders
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 10.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) helps nobody well (c) needs no testing (d) is easy to build
- 11.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.👥 A school app has 220 students, 210 teachers and 250 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 14.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 15.👥 A clinic app has 35 patients, 285 doctors and 195 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 16.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 20.🎯 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
- 21.👥 A library app has 225 readers, 190 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 75 coaches and 45 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a search bar
- 24.👥 A cricket club app has 25 players, 65 coaches and 195 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 26.👥 A cricket club app has 205 players, 140 coaches and 95 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 90 players, 260 coaches and 130 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 275 players, 280 coaches and 150 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 29.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 30.👥 A school app has 255 students, 20 teachers and 240 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 31.👥 A school app has 130 students, 180 teachers and 270 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 32.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 155 librarians and 270 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 34.👥 A cricket club app has 110 players, 165 coaches and 205 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 36.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 265 doctors and 125 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 38.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 145 doctors and 270 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- 535
- a dark mode switch
- persona
- students
- 495
- a big-text reader
- a share button
- the people who use it
- a homework planner
- helps nobody well
- False
- a user need
- 30
- “Small text is hard”
- 250
- a search bar
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- a feature
- ask and watch users
- 435
- 290
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 285
- False
- 440
- coaches
- coaches
- a user need
- students
- parents
- volunteers
- a recipe finder
- fans
- a water reminder
- False
- 140
- “I forget my homework”
- a user need
- 515
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