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.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to make it longer (c) to build what they need (d) to pick a logo
- 2.👥 A school app has 70 students, 250 teachers and 40 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 3.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a share button
- 4.👥 A school app has 85 students, 215 teachers and 195 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 5.🎯 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
- 6.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 280 librarians and 155 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 8.👥 A school app has 175 students, 25 teachers and 70 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 9.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the people who use it (c) only the testers (d) the app icons
- 10.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a type of button
- 11.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) guess on your own (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 14.👥 A school app has 260 students, 200 teachers and 190 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) protocol (d) pixel
- 19.👥 A school app has 290 students, 285 teachers and 220 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 22.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 26.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 28.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 50 patients, 35 doctors and 220 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 32.👥 A school app has 185 students, 195 teachers and 60 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 34.👥 A library app has 245 readers, 295 librarians and 260 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 35.👥 A school app has 95 students, 300 teachers and 65 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 36.👥 A school app has 60 students, 260 teachers and 270 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 37.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 180 players, 110 coaches and 170 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
Answer key
- to build what they need
- teachers
- “What should I cook?”
- 20
- helps nobody well
- True
- 580
- students
- the people who use it
- a problem a user has
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- a big-text reader
- students
- “I forget my homework”
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- persona
- 795
- a water reminder
- a user need
- False
- False
- False
- a bus tracker
- a search bar
- a feature
- True
- True
- a water reminder
- nurses
- 10
- a feature
- 50
- teachers
- 210
- False
- True
- 460
- a user need
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