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App Dev Worksheet: Users and Needs

App development lesson 3: Users and their needs · Set 384 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
  2. 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
  3. 3.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 250 doctors and 40 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
  5. 5.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a problem a user has (c) a phone setting (d) a type of button
  6. 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
  7. 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
  8. 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
  9. 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
  10. 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
  11. 11.👥 A school app has 165 students, 300 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
  12. 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
  13. 13.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
  15. 15.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) helps nobody well (c) needs no testing (d) wins every prize
  16. 16.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) protocol (d) pixel
  17. 17.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 105 librarians and 140 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
  18. 18.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to slow it down (c) to make it longer (d) to build what they need
  19. 19.👥 A library app has 210 readers, 115 librarians and 250 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
  20. 20.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 25 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
  22. 22.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
  23. 23.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 285 doctors and 65 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
  24. 24.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) guess on your own (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
  25. 25.👥 A school app has 135 students, 270 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
  26. 26.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 55 doctors and 125 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
  27. 27.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.👥 A school app has 260 students, 80 teachers and 70 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
  29. 29.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 70 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
  30. 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
  31. 31.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 200 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
  32. 32.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “What should I cook?”
  33. 33.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) a share button
  35. 35.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 165 coaches and 155 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
  36. 36.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
  37. 37.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 285 doctors and 260 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
  38. 38.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 65 librarians and 105 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
  40. 40.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a pocket-money tracker
  2. a bus tracker
  3. False
  4. 210
  5. a problem a user has
  6. a user need
  7. a big-text reader
  8. a pocket-money tracker
  9. a big-text reader
  10. a user need
  11. 645
  12. a feature
  13. True
  14. a feature
  15. helps nobody well
  16. persona
  17. volunteers
  18. to build what they need
  19. volunteers
  20. True
  21. 405
  22. a share button
  23. 220
  24. ask and watch users
  25. 505
  26. 360
  27. True
  28. 410
  29. 205
  30. a recipe finder
  31. 460
  32. a search bar
  33. True
  34. “I keep missing the bus”
  35. 435
  36. the people who use it
  37. 25
  38. False
  39. readers
  40. False

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