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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 3.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 6.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 180 coaches and 190 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 7.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) is easy to build (c) helps nobody well (d) wins every prize
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 9.👥 A school app has 140 students, 260 teachers and 30 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 10.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a colour theme (c) a phone setting (d) a type of button
- 11.👥 A school app has 80 students, 160 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 13.👥 A school app has 105 students, 195 teachers and 225 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 14.👥 A library app has 80 readers, 95 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 80 players, 120 coaches and 105 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 19.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 20.👥 A cricket club app has 140 players, 125 coaches and 110 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 23.👥 A library app has 225 readers, 85 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 150 doctors and 60 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 25.👥 A school app has 110 students, 120 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 28.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 80 doctors and 60 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 31.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 270 librarians and 175 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 32.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 270 patients, 205 doctors and 100 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 230 doctors and 90 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 35.👥 A school app has 230 students, 160 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 36.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 140 coaches and 245 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 270 players, 265 coaches and 45 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 40.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) pixel (c) password (d) protocol
Answer key
- True
- a homework planner
- “Small text is hard”
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- 605
- helps nobody well
- a reminder alarm
- 120
- a problem a user has
- teachers
- “I keep missing the bus”
- parents
- 195
- a feature
- False
- True
- 40
- a share button
- 375
- the people who use it
- a water reminder
- readers
- patients
- 60
- a bus tracker
- a feature
- False
- a search bar
- 20
- librarians
- False
- 105
- doctors
- 70
- a water reminder
- 435
- a user need
- players
- persona
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