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.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) guess on your own (c) pick the colours (d) write the code
- 2.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 230 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 5.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 7.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 9.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 45 players, 210 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 30 doctors and 185 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 80 coaches and 50 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 16.👥 A cricket club app has 270 players, 25 coaches and 85 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 17.👥 A cricket club app has 220 players, 300 coaches and 35 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 20.👥 A cricket club app has 105 players, 250 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 22.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) helps nobody well (c) wins every prize (d) is easy to build
- 23.👥 A cricket club app has 75 players, 45 coaches and 270 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 24.👥 A school app has 230 students, 250 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to pick a logo (c) to slow it down (d) to build what they need
- 26.👥 A library app has 150 readers, 270 librarians and 300 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 27.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 28.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 245 librarians and 55 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 160 coaches and 205 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 30.👥 A library app has 205 readers, 280 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 25 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 85 doctors and 50 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 160 patients, 280 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 120 doctors and 40 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 35.👥 A school app has 80 students, 115 teachers and 260 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 36.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 38.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) persona (d) pixel
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 40.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
Answer key
- ask and watch users
- 540
- a search bar
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- False
- a reminder alarm
- True
- fans
- 40
- 30
- a user need
- a share button
- a feature
- 60
- coaches
- a water reminder
- a user need
- coaches
- a big-text reader
- helps nobody well
- fans
- 505
- to build what they need
- volunteers
- True
- 555
- fans
- 565
- volunteers
- doctors
- 120
- doctors
- 145
- True
- a pocket-money tracker
- persona
- a user need
- a user need
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