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 short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) pixel (d) persona
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 220 coaches and 165 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 5.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a reminder alarm
- 8.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 9.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 13.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 14.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 180 coaches and 275 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 19.👥 A school app has 240 students, 25 teachers and 125 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 160 players, 20 coaches and 170 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 26.👥 A school app has 135 students, 110 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 240 librarians and 280 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) helps nobody well (c) is easy to build (d) needs no testing
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 115 patients, 260 doctors and 90 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 30.👥 A school app has 150 students, 35 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a colour theme (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 105 patients, 135 doctors and 145 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 33.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a reminder alarm
- 34.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) “Small text is hard”
- 35.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 185 coaches and 140 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 36.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 95 librarians and 120 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 37.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 30 librarians and 170 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 110 doctors and 260 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 40.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 45 librarians and 270 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- persona
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a user need
- 415
- False
- a user need
- “I forget my homework”
- ask and watch users
- the people who use it
- a user need
- “What should I cook?”
- a water reminder
- False
- 65
- a homework planner
- a user need
- a feature
- a bus tracker
- 390
- a pocket-money tracker
- 350
- True
- True
- False
- a big-text reader
- 400
- 665
- helps nobody well
- 25
- 225
- a problem a user has
- nurses
- a reminder alarm
- “Small text is hard”
- coaches
- 25
- 30
- 570
- a feature
- 565
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