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 290 patients, 240 doctors and 160 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 290 players, 265 coaches and 190 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 25 players, 190 coaches and 115 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a dark mode switch
- 6.👥 A school app has 300 students, 295 teachers and 245 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 8.👥 A school app has 85 students, 65 teachers and 115 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 9.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) the app icons (c) only the coders (d) only the testers
- 10.👥 A school app has 260 students, 285 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 190 doctors and 35 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 140 players, 200 coaches and 300 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 175 players, 90 coaches and 145 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 14.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 16.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to pick a logo (c) to slow it down (d) to build what they need
- 17.👥 A school app has 255 students, 80 teachers and 230 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 18.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 19.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 75 coaches and 285 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 20.👥 A school app has 300 students, 220 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 175 patients, 185 doctors and 300 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 22.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 125 patients, 25 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 27.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 28.👥 A library app has 165 readers, 100 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 29.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 30.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 32.👥 A school app has 260 students, 240 teachers and 130 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 34.👥 A cricket club app has 140 players, 260 coaches and 80 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 36.👥 A library app has 95 readers, 155 librarians and 240 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 37.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 40 librarians and 120 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 45 players, 215 coaches and 50 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 39.Which of these is a feature? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 120 coaches and 195 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
Answer key
- patients
- players
- a homework planner
- coaches
- “I forget my homework”
- 840
- a user need
- 30
- the people who use it
- teachers
- patients
- 60
- players
- True
- a feature
- to build what they need
- students
- “What should I cook?”
- 25
- 745
- nurses
- False
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- 195
- “Small text is hard”
- False
- readers
- persona
- False
- ask and watch users
- 20
- a feature
- 480
- a problem a user has
- 490
- 80
- coaches
- a dark mode switch
- fans
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