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) a share button (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 2.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a problem a user has (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 5.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎯 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
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 135 patients, 175 doctors and 250 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 120 patients, 20 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 135 coaches and 125 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 14.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) only the coders (c) the app icons (d) the people who use it
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 180 coaches and 200 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 16.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 275 doctors and 200 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 195 players, 210 coaches and 295 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 19.👥 A clinic app has 235 patients, 255 doctors and 230 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 20.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 270 players, 175 coaches and 75 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 22.👥 A clinic app has 20 patients, 90 doctors and 215 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 23.👥 A school app has 60 students, 35 teachers and 45 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 26.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 135 librarians and 265 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 155 players, 185 coaches and 285 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 29.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 60 doctors and 200 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 31.👥 A school app has 260 students, 155 teachers and 300 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 32.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 33.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 205 librarians and 195 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 35.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 36.👥 A school app has 285 students, 235 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 37.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 60 patients, 245 doctors and 40 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 39.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 40.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- “I forget my homework”
- persona
- a user need
- a problem a user has
- True
- helps nobody well
- nurses
- a user need
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a user need
- 250
- 520
- a water reminder
- the people who use it
- 85
- doctors
- a feature
- fans
- doctors
- ask and watch users
- players
- nurses
- students
- a feature
- a feature
- readers
- 625
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- 130
- parents
- a feature
- 640
- a bus tracker
- True
- 735
- a reminder alarm
- 20
- a recipe finder
- True
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