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.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the people who use it (c) the app icons (d) only the coders
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 3.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.👥 A clinic app has 85 patients, 225 doctors and 160 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 100 doctors and 265 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 9.👥 A clinic app has 290 patients, 100 doctors and 180 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 10.👥 A school app has 220 students, 275 teachers and 125 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 11.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) “Small text is hard”
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 60 patients, 155 doctors and 45 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 15.🎯 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
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 18.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 300 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 19.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 20.👥 A school app has 65 students, 230 teachers and 180 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 22.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.👥 A school app has 240 students, 295 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 26.👥 A school app has 105 students, 285 teachers and 55 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 27.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 28.👥 A school app has 105 students, 145 teachers and 300 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 29.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) “Small text is hard”
- 30.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a colour theme (d) a problem a user has
- 31.👥 A library app has 35 readers, 75 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 34.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 245 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 36.👥 A cricket club app has 265 players, 270 coaches and 120 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 270 patients, 55 doctors and 295 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 105 patients, 175 doctors and 115 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 39.👥 A school app has 105 students, 120 teachers and 40 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 40.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) a share button (d) a dark mode switch
Answer key
- the people who use it
- a dark mode switch
- True
- a feature
- a reminder alarm
- doctors
- nurses
- a homework planner
- 570
- 95
- False
- a share button
- doctors
- a homework planner
- ask and watch users
- a user need
- a search bar
- librarians
- True
- teachers
- a bus tracker
- False
- a recipe finder
- a feature
- teachers
- teachers
- False
- parents
- “Small text is hard”
- a problem a user has
- 140
- False
- a big-text reader
- True
- 45
- coaches
- nurses
- 60
- teachers
- “I keep missing the bus”
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