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.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) is easy to build (c) needs no testing (d) helps nobody well
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 225 coaches and 195 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 235 doctors and 230 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 5.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 6.👥 A school app has 185 students, 75 teachers and 255 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 8.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the testers (c) the people who use it (d) only the coders
- 9.👥 A clinic app has 75 patients, 225 doctors and 160 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 10.🎯 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 bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 12.👥 A school app has 160 students, 45 teachers and 275 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 15.👥 A school app has 25 students, 45 teachers and 285 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 16.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 18.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) persona
- 19.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 150 doctors and 255 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A school app has 270 students, 55 teachers and 30 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 27.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 28.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 55 coaches and 160 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 190 doctors and 95 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 180 players, 295 coaches and 45 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 240 patients, 110 doctors and 165 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 32.👥 A library app has 295 readers, 230 librarians and 270 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 33.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 255 patients, 260 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 300 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 180 coaches and 110 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 39.👥 A school app has 65 students, 165 teachers and 140 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A school app has 235 students, 115 teachers and 65 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
Answer key
- False
- helps nobody well
- 175
- doctors
- True
- parents
- “What should I cook?”
- the people who use it
- doctors
- a pocket-money tracker
- a bus tracker
- 115
- a user need
- a homework planner
- parents
- False
- a user need
- persona
- “I forget my homework”
- a feature
- 585
- 240
- a water reminder
- a bus tracker
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- fans
- 140
- coaches
- patients
- readers
- True
- 595
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- 580
- 145
- 370
- 120
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