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.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 3.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 4.👥 A school app has 215 students, 90 teachers and 265 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 5.👥 A cricket club app has 120 players, 205 coaches and 100 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 6.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a dark mode switch
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 170 coaches and 270 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 12.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 13.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 235 doctors and 100 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 15.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) is easy to build
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 30 patients, 300 doctors and 265 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A school app has 265 students, 180 teachers and 45 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 135 players, 35 coaches and 70 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 23.👥 A school app has 240 students, 60 teachers and 110 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) persona (d) pixel
- 25.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) the people who use it (c) only the testers (d) only the coders
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 50 doctors and 220 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 27.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I forget my homework”
- 31.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 33.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 215 librarians and 290 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 255 doctors and 110 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 35.👥 A cricket club app has 155 players, 300 coaches and 245 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 37.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 40 librarians and 235 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 38.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 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 school app has 160 students, 195 teachers and 35 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
Answer key
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a search bar
- “Small text is hard”
- parents
- 425
- False
- a problem a user has
- a dark mode switch
- a homework planner
- a big-text reader
- fans
- ask and watch users
- False
- 40
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- doctors
- a homework planner
- a user need
- a feature
- students
- 35
- 410
- persona
- the people who use it
- 170
- True
- a user need
- True
- a reminder alarm
- False
- True
- volunteers
- patients
- 55
- a feature
- volunteers
- False
- True
- 125
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