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.🎯 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
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 9.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the coders (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
- 10.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 11.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 270 coaches and 255 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.👥 A school app has 125 students, 50 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 15.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 250 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 16.👥 A library app has 230 readers, 105 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 17.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 18.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 20.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 21.👥 A school app has 35 students, 65 teachers and 190 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 22.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 90 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 25.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a colour theme (d) a problem a user has
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 27.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 28.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 295 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 29.👥 A school app has 200 students, 70 teachers and 220 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 30.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 185 players, 40 coaches and 90 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 33.👥 A school app has 80 students, 295 teachers and 205 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 34.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to build what they need (b) to slow it down (c) to pick a logo (d) to make it longer
- 35.👥 A school app has 50 students, 265 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 255 patients, 270 doctors and 155 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 37.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 38.👥 A school app has 140 students, 100 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 135 players, 275 coaches and 300 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
Answer key
- helps nobody well
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a feature
- a user need
- a reminder alarm
- a user need
- a recipe finder
- a bus tracker
- the people who use it
- “What should I cook?”
- True
- a user need
- 590
- 60
- librarians
- 125
- persona
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- a share button
- 155
- readers
- a pocket-money tracker
- a water reminder
- a problem a user has
- “I forget my homework”
- True
- 80
- 130
- a user need
- 145
- a pocket-money tracker
- 215
- to build what they need
- 525
- 115
- False
- 290
- True
- 25
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