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) “What should I cook?” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 2.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a colour theme (c) a phone setting (d) a type of button
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 8.🎯 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
- 9.👥 A clinic app has 300 patients, 225 doctors and 270 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 120 doctors and 125 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 14.👥 A school app has 225 students, 60 teachers and 255 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 16.👥 A school app has 20 students, 205 teachers and 45 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 295 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 19.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 20.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 25 coaches and 290 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 21.🎯 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
- 22.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a search bar
- 23.👥 A school app has 20 students, 135 teachers and 260 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 24.👥 A school app has 225 students, 115 teachers and 260 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 25.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 210 librarians and 140 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 28.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 29.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 155 librarians and 120 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.👥 A school app has 120 students, 145 teachers and 160 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 80 players, 95 coaches and 135 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.👥 A school app has 265 students, 35 teachers and 300 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.👥 A school app has 125 students, 35 teachers and 235 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 34.👥 A library app has 165 readers, 195 librarians and 85 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.👥 A school app has 110 students, 20 teachers and 105 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A school app has 60 students, 40 teachers and 280 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 210 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 38.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) write the code (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 70 coaches and 245 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
Answer key
- a share button
- False
- False
- False
- a problem a user has
- a feature
- a user need
- to build what they need
- 45
- a homework planner
- a bus tracker
- a water reminder
- nurses
- 540
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 185
- 215
- a feature
- a reminder alarm
- 210
- the people who use it
- “What should I cook?”
- 115
- 600
- librarians
- “Small text is hard”
- a bus tracker
- True
- 340
- parents
- 310
- 600
- 200
- 445
- 235
- parents
- 40
- ask and watch users
- a user need
- 190
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