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.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 3.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 105 doctors and 225 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 5.👥 A library app has 80 readers, 65 librarians and 290 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 6.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 300 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 7.👥 A school app has 160 students, 70 teachers and 120 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 8.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 10.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a search bar
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 12.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 13.👥 A school app has 95 students, 110 teachers and 65 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 15.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) password
- 16.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 65 coaches and 95 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 17.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) ask and watch users (c) write the code (d) guess on your own
- 18.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 20.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 23.🎯 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
- 24.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a problem a user has
- 25.👥 A school app has 280 students, 290 teachers and 175 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 26.👥 A library app has 35 readers, 215 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 27.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 29.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to build what they need (b) to pick a logo (c) to slow it down (d) to make it longer
- 30.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 33.👥 A school app has 260 students, 190 teachers and 35 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 75 patients, 185 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 36.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 37.👥 A library app has 290 readers, 170 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 38.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 39.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) helps nobody well (c) needs no testing (d) wins every prize
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 135 players, 70 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
Answer key
- “What should I cook?”
- a pocket-money tracker
- False
- nurses
- 15
- librarians
- 50
- False
- “I forget my homework”
- “Small text is hard”
- a user need
- False
- 270
- a search bar
- persona
- 395
- ask and watch users
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a homework planner
- False
- True
- a water reminder
- the people who use it
- a problem a user has
- 10
- librarians
- False
- a recipe finder
- to build what they need
- True
- False
- a water reminder
- 225
- a bus tracker
- 5
- a homework planner
- readers
- a feature
- helps nobody well
- 65
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