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.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “What should I cook?”
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 3.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) a reminder alarm
- 7.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) guess on your own
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 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 25 students, 265 teachers and 185 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 13.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 14.👥 A school app has 250 students, 75 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 15.👥 A school app has 100 students, 40 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 215 doctors and 230 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 17.👥 A school app has 80 students, 260 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 18.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 21.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 275 librarians and 175 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 22.👥 A library app has 75 readers, 85 librarians and 155 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 24.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the testers (c) only the coders (d) the people who use it
- 25.👥 A library app has 60 readers, 230 librarians and 170 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 27.👥 A school app has 220 students, 145 teachers and 265 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 28.👥 A school app has 195 students, 270 teachers and 50 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 29.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 30.👥 A school app has 150 students, 280 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.👥 A library app has 95 readers, 280 librarians and 200 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 32.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 245 librarians and 160 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 33.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 45 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 34.👥 A library app has 105 readers, 255 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 35.👥 A school app has 195 students, 280 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 100 doctors and 60 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 105 coaches and 35 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 215 players, 190 coaches and 85 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 39.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 40.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a reminder alarm
- “Small text is hard”
- False
- a recipe finder
- “What should I cook?”
- “I forget my homework”
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- persona
- 475
- a feature
- a search bar
- True
- 70
- 370
- nurses
- 145
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- librarians
- 315
- a feature
- the people who use it
- 460
- a pocket-money tracker
- parents
- teachers
- False
- 530
- librarians
- 105
- 65
- librarians
- 690
- doctors
- coaches
- players
- a share button
- False
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