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.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a colour theme (c) a type of button (d) a problem a user has
- 2.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 6.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 180 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 155 patients, 20 doctors and 65 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 9.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
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 11.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 270 librarians and 45 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 14.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) a reminder alarm
- 16.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) ask and watch users (c) write the code (d) guess on your own
- 17.🎯 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
- 18.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I forget my homework”
- 20.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 145 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 265 players, 145 coaches and 30 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 23.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a dark mode switch
- 24.👥 A cricket club app has 80 players, 35 coaches and 250 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) helps nobody well (c) is easy to build (d) wins every prize
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 40 doctors and 150 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 30.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 245 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) persona
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 170 patients, 175 doctors and 165 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A school app has 55 students, 190 teachers and 130 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 35.👥 A library app has 100 readers, 105 librarians and 150 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 36.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 37.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 300 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 38.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 39.👥 A school app has 275 students, 265 teachers and 180 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 40.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a problem a user has
- a feature
- a homework planner
- a feature
- a homework planner
- 295
- patients
- a search bar
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a bus tracker
- 25
- a big-text reader
- a water reminder
- False
- “Small text is hard”
- ask and watch users
- the people who use it
- True
- “I forget my homework”
- 180
- a user need
- players
- a dark mode switch
- 365
- helps nobody well
- nurses
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- a water reminder
- 575
- False
- persona
- 510
- 75
- 45
- “What should I cook?”
- librarians
- False
- students
- True
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