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.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I forget my homework”
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 75 doctors and 50 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 6.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 100 librarians and 220 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 8.👥 A school app has 50 students, 225 teachers and 175 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 9.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) is easy to build (c) wins every prize (d) needs no testing
- 10.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) password (c) protocol (d) persona
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 20 patients, 200 doctors and 60 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 12.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) ask and watch users (c) guess on your own (d) pick the colours
- 13.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 30 patients, 295 doctors and 130 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a phone setting
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 17.👥 A library app has 150 readers, 275 librarians and 250 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.👥 A school app has 295 students, 25 teachers and 290 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A library app has 175 readers, 80 librarians and 285 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 22.👥 A school app has 280 students, 50 teachers and 45 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 24.👥 A cricket club app has 105 players, 70 coaches and 130 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 245 coaches and 270 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 280 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A school app has 95 students, 155 teachers and 70 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 29.👥 A school app has 250 students, 215 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to make it longer (c) to build what they need (d) to slow it down
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 275 patients, 90 doctors and 170 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 34.👥 A school app has 285 students, 280 teachers and 205 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 35.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 36.👥 A school app has 185 students, 40 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 220 coaches and 110 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.👥 A school app has 45 students, 155 teachers and 160 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 245 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 20 librarians and 60 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- “I forget my homework”
- a share button
- a user need
- 10
- a bus tracker
- True
- 120
- teachers
- helps nobody well
- persona
- doctors
- ask and watch users
- a dark mode switch
- 455
- a problem a user has
- False
- 675
- 610
- False
- a user need
- volunteers
- 375
- True
- 305
- 745
- 570
- 320
- a water reminder
- 565
- True
- False
- to build what they need
- 105
- students
- True
- 405
- 615
- 360
- 620
- 345
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