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.🎯 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
- 2.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) write the code (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) persona (c) protocol (d) password
- 6.👥 A school app has 35 students, 70 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 7.🎯 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
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 9.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a share button (d) “Small text is hard”
- 11.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 225 librarians and 230 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.👥 A school app has 125 students, 155 teachers and 295 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 14.👥 A school app has 165 students, 295 teachers and 110 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 16.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 18.👥 A library app has 50 readers, 240 librarians and 105 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 19.Which of these is a feature? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 230 doctors and 135 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 180 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 22.👥 A school app has 300 students, 30 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 230 doctors and 240 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 205 patients, 260 doctors and 70 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 26.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 210 doctors and 75 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 31.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 32.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 34.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 75 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 35.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 210 patients, 35 doctors and 60 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 37.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 235 coaches and 205 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 295 doctors and 130 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- the people who use it
- ask and watch users
- a reminder alarm
- a user need
- persona
- 125
- helps nobody well
- a feature
- False
- a share button
- volunteers
- a feature
- parents
- teachers
- a water reminder
- False
- a water reminder
- librarians
- a dark mode switch
- 415
- volunteers
- 125
- nurses
- a user need
- doctors
- False
- False
- a user need
- False
- 145
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- a recipe finder
- librarians
- False
- 305
- True
- a feature
- coaches
- 705
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