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.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 190 coaches and 100 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 210 doctors and 120 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 4.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 7.🎯 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
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 9.👥 A cricket club app has 110 players, 65 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 10.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a type of button
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 265 patients, 60 doctors and 25 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 13.🎯 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
- 14.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 115 librarians and 170 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 17.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) password (d) persona
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 20.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 21.👥 A library app has 50 readers, 200 librarians and 35 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A library app has 105 readers, 55 librarians and 135 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 23.👥 A cricket club app has 225 players, 65 coaches and 255 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 26.👥 A school app has 155 students, 25 teachers and 125 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 28.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 29.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 280 librarians and 130 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 30.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) “What should I cook?”
- 31.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 32.👥 A school app has 225 students, 160 teachers and 250 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 240 patients, 60 doctors and 125 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 34.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 300 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 39.👥 A library app has 185 readers, 155 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 220 doctors and 55 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- coaches
- doctors
- a user need
- ask and watch users
- a search bar
- “I keep missing the bus”
- to build what they need
- a big-text reader
- 55
- a problem a user has
- patients
- a homework planner
- helps nobody well
- readers
- “I forget my homework”
- a pocket-money tracker
- False
- persona
- a recipe finder
- a reminder alarm
- 285
- volunteers
- 545
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- 305
- a dark mode switch
- True
- 240
- “What should I cook?”
- a homework planner
- 90
- patients
- 535
- a water reminder
- a feature
- False
- a share button
- 90
- 525
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