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.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to slow it down (c) to build what they need (d) to make it longer
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 295 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 5.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 7.👥 A library app has 175 readers, 285 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 8.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 135 players, 110 coaches and 200 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 12.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) pixel (c) password (d) persona
- 13.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 285 patients, 45 doctors and 220 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 16.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the coders (c) only the testers (d) the app icons
- 17.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 90 coaches and 265 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.👥 A school app has 190 students, 100 teachers and 90 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 19.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 21.🎯 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 water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 23.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 300 coaches and 80 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 24.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) a search bar
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 28.👥 A school app has 270 students, 160 teachers and 125 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 29.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 30.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 45 coaches and 180 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.👥 A school app has 160 students, 230 teachers and 200 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 33.👥 A school app has 155 students, 110 teachers and 135 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 120 doctors and 240 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 35.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) needs no testing (c) helps nobody well (d) is easy to build
- 36.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 115 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 240 patients, 295 doctors and 165 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 235 patients, 55 doctors and 200 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
Answer key
- to build what they need
- doctors
- a recipe finder
- a homework planner
- True
- a problem a user has
- librarians
- False
- a water reminder
- 445
- a water reminder
- persona
- False
- 550
- a recipe finder
- the people who use it
- 615
- students
- “I forget my homework”
- a bus tracker
- a bus tracker
- a feature
- 15
- True
- a big-text reader
- “What should I cook?”
- a homework planner
- students
- a user need
- a reminder alarm
- 295
- teachers
- 45
- 80
- helps nobody well
- False
- 220
- 55
- False
- 145
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