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.🎯 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
- 2.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 3.👥 A library app has 215 readers, 255 librarians and 75 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 4.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 5.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A cricket club app has 220 players, 130 coaches and 240 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 8.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 285 librarians and 235 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a problem a user has (c) a colour theme (d) a phone setting
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 11.👥 A school app has 150 students, 90 teachers and 175 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 12.🎯 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
- 13.👥 A library app has 210 readers, 135 librarians and 165 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 125 patients, 50 doctors and 250 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 15.👥 A library app has 150 readers, 195 librarians and 290 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 150 coaches and 275 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 20.👥 A school app has 295 students, 275 teachers and 55 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 21.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) pick the colours
- 22.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 23.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 135 librarians and 200 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 24.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎯 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
- 27.👥 A school app has 150 students, 60 teachers and 240 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 28.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 185 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 30.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 31.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 275 doctors and 75 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 34.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) password (d) persona
- 35.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a search bar
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 37.🎯 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 recipe finder
- 38.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the people who use it (c) only the testers (d) the app icons
- 39.👥 A library app has 230 readers, 85 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 40.👥 A school app has 60 students, 220 teachers and 260 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
Answer key
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- librarians
- a reminder alarm
- False
- False
- fans
- 710
- a problem a user has
- a water reminder
- 25
- a recipe finder
- 510
- 200
- 45
- a user need
- a homework planner
- 90
- a pocket-money tracker
- students
- ask and watch users
- True
- volunteers
- True
- False
- a bus tracker
- 90
- “Small text is hard”
- 65
- “What should I cook?”
- False
- a bus tracker
- doctors
- persona
- a search bar
- a user need
- a homework planner
- the people who use it
- 95
- parents
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