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 app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 85 coaches and 140 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 5.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) the people who use it (c) only the coders (d) only the testers
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 9.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 65 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 10.Which of these is a user need? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 11.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 13.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 16.👥 A library app has 295 readers, 50 librarians and 125 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 18.👥 A school app has 65 students, 155 teachers and 195 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 22.👥 A school app has 230 students, 85 teachers and 250 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 285 doctors and 105 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 105 doctors and 95 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 26.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) pixel (d) persona
- 27.🎯 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
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 135 doctors and 210 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 29.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 300 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 30.👥 A school app has 285 students, 170 teachers and 30 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 31.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 34.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 75 librarians and 195 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 175 patients, 105 doctors and 145 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 38.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 160 coaches and 90 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
Answer key
- a bus tracker
- a search bar
- a homework planner
- 55
- False
- True
- the people who use it
- a pocket-money tracker
- volunteers
- “Small text is hard”
- ask and watch users
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- 470
- a feature
- 415
- a homework planner
- a user need
- a share button
- 565
- doctors
- 30
- a pocket-money tracker
- persona
- helps nobody well
- 65
- 235
- 115
- a feature
- False
- a user need
- 415
- a user need
- True
- patients
- False
- a user need
- 125
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