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.🎯 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
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 35 doctors and 275 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 4.👥 A school app has 55 students, 220 teachers and 175 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 6.👥 A school app has 165 students, 175 teachers and 70 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 9.👥 A school app has 300 students, 265 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 10.👥 A library app has 195 readers, 260 librarians and 25 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 60 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 110 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 13.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the coders (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 14.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 155 players, 90 coaches and 120 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 16.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 70 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 20.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) persona (d) pixel
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 75 players, 20 coaches and 250 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A school app has 105 students, 185 teachers and 85 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 23.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 40 librarians and 175 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 24.👥 A school app has 45 students, 40 teachers and 180 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 27.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 28.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 30.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 31.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to build what they need (b) to slow it down (c) to make it longer (d) to pick a logo
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 245 patients, 210 doctors and 295 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 33.👥 A school app has 255 students, 195 teachers and 115 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 34.👥 A school app has 155 students, 295 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 190 patients, 105 doctors and 35 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 36.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 265 coaches and 30 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 39.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 100 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) needs no testing (c) is easy to build (d) helps nobody well
Answer key
- ask and watch users
- nurses
- a search bar
- 165
- a pocket-money tracker
- teachers
- a recipe finder
- a user need
- 585
- 65
- 290
- volunteers
- the people who use it
- False
- players
- True
- readers
- a feature
- a bus tracker
- persona
- 345
- 20
- 105
- parents
- a homework planner
- a homework planner
- a reminder alarm
- True
- a feature
- “I keep missing the bus”
- to build what they need
- nurses
- 60
- 500
- patients
- True
- “Small text is hard”
- 225
- 380
- helps nobody well
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