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 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.🎯 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.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 250 doctors and 40 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 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.🎯 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.🎯 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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 11.👥 A school app has 165 students, 300 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 13.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 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.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 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.🎯 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.👥 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.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 21.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 25 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 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.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 285 doctors and 65 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 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.👥 A school app has 135 students, 270 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 55 doctors and 125 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 28.👥 A school app has 260 students, 80 teachers and 70 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 70 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 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.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 200 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 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.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 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.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 165 coaches and 155 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 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.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 285 doctors and 260 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 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.👥 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.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
- a pocket-money tracker
- a bus tracker
- False
- 210
- a problem a user has
- a user need
- a big-text reader
- a pocket-money tracker
- a big-text reader
- a user need
- 645
- a feature
- True
- a feature
- helps nobody well
- persona
- volunteers
- to build what they need
- volunteers
- True
- 405
- a share button
- 220
- ask and watch users
- 505
- 360
- True
- 410
- 205
- a recipe finder
- 460
- a search bar
- True
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 435
- the people who use it
- 25
- False
- readers
- False
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