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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 3.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 4.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 290 doctors and 205 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 5.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to slow it down (c) to build what they need (d) to make it longer
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 135 patients, 125 doctors and 170 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 8.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 10.👥 A clinic app has 255 patients, 65 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 205 players, 80 coaches and 185 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A library app has 300 readers, 175 librarians and 265 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 13.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the people who use it (c) only the testers (d) the app icons
- 14.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 15.👥 A school app has 60 students, 140 teachers and 195 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 16.👥 A school app has 70 students, 250 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 18.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 100 librarians and 225 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 19.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) helps nobody well (c) is easy to build (d) wins every prize
- 21.👥 A school app has 105 students, 220 teachers and 80 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 23.🎯 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 big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 24.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) pixel (c) password (d) persona
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 26.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 28.👥 A school app has 235 students, 120 teachers and 280 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 140 patients, 65 doctors and 245 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 30.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 31.👥 A library app has 85 readers, 70 librarians and 275 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 32.👥 A library app has 105 readers, 40 librarians and 150 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 115 coaches and 280 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 34.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 36.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 210 doctors and 245 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 39.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 40.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a user need
- a reminder alarm
- “Small text is hard”
- doctors
- to build what they need
- a feature
- 10
- False
- “I forget my homework”
- patients
- 470
- 35
- the people who use it
- True
- parents
- 180
- a dark mode switch
- readers
- False
- helps nobody well
- teachers
- a feature
- a pocket-money tracker
- persona
- a homework planner
- True
- a user need
- 635
- nurses
- a search bar
- volunteers
- volunteers
- 165
- True
- ask and watch users
- False
- 705
- “What should I cook?”
- a problem a user has
- False
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