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.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a problem a user has (c) a colour theme (d) a phone setting
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 160 players, 235 coaches and 230 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 60 coaches and 130 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 6.👥 A cricket club app has 95 players, 290 coaches and 90 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 7.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the coders (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 8.👥 A library app has 180 readers, 245 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a search bar
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 11.👥 A school app has 205 students, 180 teachers and 190 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 150 coaches and 75 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 16.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 19.👥 A school app has 20 students, 35 teachers and 110 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 20.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 22.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 24.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “What should I cook?”
- 25.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) persona (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 27.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to build what they need (b) to slow it down (c) to pick a logo (d) to make it longer
- 28.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 30.👥 A school app has 40 students, 250 teachers and 125 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 32.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 33.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 34.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👥 A school app has 45 students, 30 teachers and 105 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👥 A school app has 125 students, 180 teachers and 205 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
Answer key
- a problem a user has
- a share button
- 625
- a user need
- 450
- coaches
- the people who use it
- 50
- “Small text is hard”
- a homework planner
- students
- players
- a big-text reader
- a recipe finder
- a pocket-money tracker
- True
- ask and watch users
- a feature
- 90
- False
- a feature
- True
- a user need
- “What should I cook?”
- True
- persona
- to build what they need
- True
- a homework planner
- 415
- “I keep missing the bus”
- “I forget my homework”
- a bus tracker
- a feature
- a user need
- False
- 180
- False
- True
- parents
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