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.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a colour theme (c) a problem a user has (d) a type of button
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 160 patients, 25 doctors and 150 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.👥 A school app has 170 students, 70 teachers and 280 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 4.🎯 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
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 120 patients, 245 doctors and 240 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a search bar (d) a dark mode switch
- 8.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the coders (c) the app icons (d) only the testers
- 9.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) persona (d) password
- 10.👥 A school app has 75 students, 230 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 250 players, 115 coaches and 85 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 16.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 18.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 19.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 20.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 145 coaches and 220 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 22.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 23.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 24.👥 A library app has 215 readers, 300 librarians and 280 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 26.👥 A school app has 65 students, 270 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 27.👥 A school app has 60 students, 20 teachers and 190 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 260 librarians and 165 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 75 coaches and 65 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 30.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) ask and watch users
- 31.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 220 doctors and 90 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 33.👥 A library app has 160 readers, 155 librarians and 50 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A school app has 145 students, 55 teachers and 245 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 35.🎯 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
- 36.👥 A school app has 25 students, 50 teachers and 210 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 37.👥 A school app has 70 students, 25 teachers and 260 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 38.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 39.👥 A school app has 255 students, 245 teachers and 275 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A library app has 100 readers, 40 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
Answer key
- a problem a user has
- 335
- parents
- to build what they need
- 125
- a user need
- “I forget my homework”
- the people who use it
- persona
- 55
- a user need
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 30
- a water reminder
- a recipe finder
- False
- a pocket-money tracker
- a share button
- a search bar
- 75
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- True
- librarians
- a user need
- 55
- 270
- 130
- players
- ask and watch users
- False
- 130
- 365
- 90
- helps nobody well
- parents
- parents
- a dark mode switch
- 775
- 30
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