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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 195 doctors and 255 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 5.👥 A cricket club app has 105 players, 130 coaches and 100 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 6.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
- 8.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.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?”
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) “What should I cook?”
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 13.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) protocol (c) persona (d) pixel
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 125 players, 20 coaches and 265 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 17.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 19.👥 A clinic app has 245 patients, 70 doctors and 215 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 20.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a search bar (d) “I forget my homework”
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 110 doctors and 35 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A school app has 145 students, 235 teachers and 65 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 160 doctors and 200 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 24.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 115 coaches and 75 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 25.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 185 coaches and 300 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 26.👥 A school app has 50 students, 215 teachers and 70 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 295 patients, 20 doctors and 205 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 29.👥 A school app has 35 students, 220 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 30.👥 A library app has 90 readers, 185 librarians and 155 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.👥 A school app has 290 students, 70 teachers and 205 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 32.👥 A library app has 105 readers, 300 librarians and 270 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.🎯 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
- 34.🎯 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
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to pick a logo (c) to slow it down (d) to build what they need
- 37.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 38.👥 A school app has 235 students, 80 teachers and 135 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 40.👥 A school app has 125 students, 290 teachers and 245 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
Answer key
- a user need
- nurses
- a user need
- a water reminder
- coaches
- ask and watch users
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- a feature
- a search bar
- “What should I cook?”
- a user need
- persona
- a pocket-money tracker
- fans
- a bus tracker
- True
- False
- patients
- “I forget my homework”
- 290
- 80
- patients
- players
- 70
- teachers
- 185
- a big-text reader
- 185
- 430
- 220
- 675
- helps nobody well
- the people who use it
- a feature
- to build what they need
- a feature
- 450
- a reminder alarm
- 45
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