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.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 35 doctors and 230 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a share button
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 110 players, 125 coaches and 250 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 170 players, 140 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 8.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”
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 225 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.👥 A school app has 60 students, 225 teachers and 240 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 16.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 17.👥 A school app has 70 students, 185 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 18.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the testers (c) only the coders (d) the app icons
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 20.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 22.👥 A school app has 110 students, 30 teachers and 45 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 225 librarians and 275 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 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
- 25.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I forget my homework”
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 70 players, 190 coaches and 225 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 30 patients, 220 doctors and 265 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 225 librarians and 105 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 205 librarians and 260 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 31.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 70 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 265 patients, 155 doctors and 120 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 33.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) is easy to build (c) wins every prize (d) helps nobody well
- 34.👥 A school app has 40 students, 65 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) ask and watch users (c) guess on your own (d) pick the colours
- 37.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 120 coaches and 285 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 38.👥 A cricket club app has 290 players, 45 coaches and 120 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 40.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) a share button
Answer key
- nurses
- a share button
- fans
- fans
- “Small text is hard”
- “I forget my homework”
- a recipe finder
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a water reminder
- 510
- parents
- a bus tracker
- a user need
- a dark mode switch
- a feature
- a homework planner
- 115
- the people who use it
- a big-text reader
- False
- True
- 185
- 540
- to build what they need
- a reminder alarm
- a user need
- 485
- 515
- 455
- 75
- 430
- 35
- helps nobody well
- 260
- True
- ask and watch users
- 65
- 170
- a user need
- “What should I cook?”
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