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.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 4.👥 A library app has 30 readers, 255 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 5.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 6.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 255 coaches and 210 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 8.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 280 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 225 coaches and 150 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A library app has 230 readers, 280 librarians and 160 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 15.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 16.👥 A cricket club app has 285 players, 20 coaches and 180 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 290 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 19.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 90 librarians and 290 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 20.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 21.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 22.👥 A school app has 185 students, 170 teachers and 290 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 35 doctors and 115 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) write the code
- 27.🎯 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 recipe finder
- 28.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) wins every prize (c) needs no testing (d) is easy to build
- 29.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 150 patients, 60 doctors and 170 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 31.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 33.👥 A school app has 195 students, 30 teachers and 125 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 34.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 120 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 35.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 37.👥 A school app has 275 students, 185 teachers and 150 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) protocol (c) pixel (d) password
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 45 doctors and 245 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 40.👥 A library app has 35 readers, 75 librarians and 45 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
Answer key
- False
- True
- True
- librarians
- False
- coaches
- a water reminder
- 150
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- 425
- 670
- a pocket-money tracker
- a search bar
- False
- 485
- a share button
- 245
- 200
- “What should I cook?”
- a dark mode switch
- 645
- 380
- False
- False
- ask and watch users
- a bus tracker
- helps nobody well
- “I forget my homework”
- 110
- False
- “I keep missing the bus”
- students
- 55
- False
- a user need
- 610
- persona
- nurses
- 30
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