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.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 265 coaches and 70 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 2.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) guess on your own
- 3.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 7.👥 A school app has 40 students, 235 teachers and 250 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 10.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a share button (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 12.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 65 players, 295 coaches and 35 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 18.👥 A library app has 95 readers, 245 librarians and 115 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 20.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) is easy to build (c) needs no testing (d) helps nobody well
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 295 coaches and 120 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the app icons (c) only the coders (d) the people who use it
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 26.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 28.👥 A school app has 55 students, 85 teachers and 130 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 29.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 155 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.👥 A school app has 170 students, 165 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 31.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 255 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 80 doctors and 220 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 255 players, 45 coaches and 240 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 34.👥 A school app has 130 students, 30 teachers and 290 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 36.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 195 patients, 80 doctors and 150 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 39.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 255 doctors and 280 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- 205
- ask and watch users
- a reminder alarm
- a feature
- a bus tracker
- “What should I cook?”
- parents
- a water reminder
- a dark mode switch
- False
- “I forget my homework”
- a problem a user has
- coaches
- a user need
- a homework planner
- a big-text reader
- a share button
- librarians
- a homework planner
- helps nobody well
- 450
- the people who use it
- a recipe finder
- a user need
- persona
- False
- True
- parents
- 565
- 5
- 460
- nurses
- players
- 260
- a feature
- a search bar
- 425
- a bus tracker
- a recipe finder
- 590
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