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 school app has 80 students, 195 teachers and 295 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 3.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 150 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 6.👥 A school app has 30 students, 255 teachers and 285 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 7.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 12.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 100 players, 140 coaches and 130 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 14.👥 A school app has 280 students, 165 teachers and 150 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 15.👥 A clinic app has 90 patients, 95 doctors and 105 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 16.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a search bar
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 60 doctors and 50 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 235 doctors and 285 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 20.👥 A library app has 210 readers, 95 librarians and 75 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 22.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 170 doctors and 190 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 23.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) wins every prize (c) is easy to build (d) needs no testing
- 26.👥 A school app has 25 students, 35 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A school app has 180 students, 80 teachers and 135 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 285 doctors and 50 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 29.👥 A school app has 135 students, 55 teachers and 195 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 30.👥 A school app has 265 students, 185 teachers and 90 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 125 doctors and 200 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 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 220 patients, 75 doctors and 95 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 34.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) ask and watch users
- 35.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 110 patients, 35 doctors and 185 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 39.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 40.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
Answer key
- parents
- a dark mode switch
- librarians
- a big-text reader
- a share button
- 30
- True
- True
- True
- a search bar
- a homework planner
- a problem a user has
- 40
- students
- 10
- “What should I cook?”
- 290
- a user need
- nurses
- 380
- a feature
- patients
- True
- a user need
- helps nobody well
- 270
- students
- 35
- 60
- students
- 75
- persona
- 20
- ask and watch users
- False
- a reminder alarm
- 75
- a water reminder
- a bus tracker
- a bus tracker
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