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 short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 4.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) ask and watch users (c) write the code (d) pick the colours
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 8.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 10.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 30 coaches and 275 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 225 players, 70 coaches and 250 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 14.👥 A school app has 270 students, 105 teachers and 175 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 15.👥 A school app has 60 students, 255 teachers and 195 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.👥 A school app has 265 students, 205 teachers and 55 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 17.👥 A school app has 95 students, 210 teachers and 270 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 175 patients, 70 doctors and 250 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 21.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 22.👥 A school app has 40 students, 75 teachers and 145 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 23.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) “What should I cook?”
- 26.👥 A cricket club app has 105 players, 70 coaches and 135 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 175 patients, 240 doctors and 70 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 28.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 29.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the app icons (c) the people who use it (d) only the coders
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 200 players, 285 coaches and 70 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 31.👥 A school app has 250 students, 140 teachers and 130 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 32.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 33.👥 A school app has 255 students, 220 teachers and 235 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 35.👥 A cricket club app has 275 players, 195 coaches and 200 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 300 coaches and 120 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 38.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) needs no testing (c) helps nobody well (d) wins every prize
- 39.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 20 coaches and 145 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- persona
- a search bar
- a pocket-money tracker
- ask and watch users
- a reminder alarm
- a user need
- “I keep missing the bus”
- True
- a share button
- False
- players
- a bus tracker
- fans
- 95
- 510
- students
- 575
- a feature
- a water reminder
- nurses
- True
- parents
- “I forget my homework”
- a feature
- “What should I cook?”
- fans
- doctors
- a problem a user has
- the people who use it
- coaches
- 10
- “Small text is hard”
- 35
- a bus tracker
- players
- a user need
- 110
- helps nobody well
- a dark mode switch
- 295
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