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.👥 A cricket club app has 270 players, 295 coaches and 195 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 3.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 5.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) persona (c) protocol (d) password
- 6.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) “I forget my homework”
- 9.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to build what they need (c) to slow it down (d) to make it longer
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 125 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 13.Which of these is a user need? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) a dark mode switch
- 14.👥 A school app has 30 students, 240 teachers and 35 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 17.👥 A cricket club app has 195 players, 155 coaches and 205 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.👥 A school app has 30 students, 150 teachers and 45 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.👥 A school app has 50 students, 85 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 85 players, 90 coaches and 130 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 23.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 195 patients, 175 doctors and 210 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 170 patients, 65 doctors and 220 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 290 coaches and 70 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 29.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 30.👥 A school app has 65 students, 190 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 180 doctors and 35 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 45 patients, 105 doctors and 145 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 34.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.🎯 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 recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 38.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a problem a user has (c) a type of button (d) a phone setting
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👥 A school app has 60 students, 20 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- helps nobody well
- 100
- True
- a big-text reader
- persona
- True
- a big-text reader
- a search bar
- to build what they need
- fans
- “What should I cook?”
- a homework planner
- “Small text is hard”
- teachers
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- 555
- a user need
- 225
- 30
- a bus tracker
- fans
- True
- 580
- “I forget my homework”
- “I keep missing the bus”
- nurses
- coaches
- True
- 35
- doctors
- 295
- a pocket-money tracker
- False
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- a water reminder
- a problem a user has
- True
- 290
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