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: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 3.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.👥 A school app has 35 students, 105 teachers and 85 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 7.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 8.👥 A school app has 80 students, 245 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) “I forget my homework”
- 13.👥 A school app has 195 students, 55 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 14.👥 A cricket club app has 195 players, 230 coaches and 90 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 15.👥 A school app has 75 students, 105 teachers and 205 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 16.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A library app has 160 readers, 20 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 18.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 70 doctors and 210 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 21.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 22.👥 A school app has 280 students, 30 teachers and 25 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 23.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 24.👥 A school app has 155 students, 145 teachers and 175 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 25.👥 A cricket club app has 180 players, 235 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 250 doctors and 35 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 29.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 30.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) persona (c) password (d) pixel
- 31.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 32.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 110 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 255 players, 70 coaches and 225 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 35.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 36.👥 A school app has 230 students, 225 teachers and 270 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 37.👥 A school app has 65 students, 60 teachers and 105 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 38.👥 A library app has 35 readers, 295 librarians and 75 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 55 coaches and 170 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 215 players, 160 coaches and 210 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
Answer key
- a feature
- a reminder alarm
- True
- a user need
- a search bar
- 50
- True
- 350
- a problem a user has
- a water reminder
- a bus tracker
- “I forget my homework”
- 175
- 35
- parents
- False
- readers
- a homework planner
- a homework planner
- 20
- “Small text is hard”
- students
- False
- parents
- 55
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- 190
- “I keep missing the bus”
- persona
- False
- 435
- 550
- a feature
- ask and watch users
- 5
- parents
- librarians
- fans
- 50
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