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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.👥 A school app has 75 students, 70 teachers and 235 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 2.👥 A school app has 220 students, 165 teachers and 95 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.👥 A clinic app has 45 patients, 40 doctors and 60 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) a dark mode switch
- 6.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) password (d) persona
- 7.👥 A library app has 85 readers, 250 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 8.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 10.👥 A school app has 20 students, 90 teachers and 205 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 13.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a search bar
- 14.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to slow it down (c) to build what they need (d) to pick a logo
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 16.👥 A clinic app has 25 patients, 145 doctors and 290 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a dark mode switch
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 75 doctors and 170 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 105 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.👥 A school app has 280 students, 75 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.👥 A cricket club app has 205 players, 125 coaches and 185 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 45 coaches and 55 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 155 coaches and 95 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 100 patients, 155 doctors and 210 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 32.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 33.👥 A library app has 165 readers, 245 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 90 patients, 130 doctors and 240 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 37.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) is easy to build
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 210 patients, 130 doctors and 270 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 39.👥 A library app has 145 readers, 255 librarians and 125 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 160
- 480
- 145
- a big-text reader
- “What should I cook?”
- persona
- 430
- a problem a user has
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 315
- a user need
- “I forget my homework”
- a search bar
- to build what they need
- a feature
- 120
- a dark mode switch
- patients
- a bus tracker
- a recipe finder
- 480
- 580
- 515
- a feature
- a user need
- a user need
- 25
- a feature
- True
- 440
- nurses
- a reminder alarm
- 590
- False
- a recipe finder
- 40
- helps nobody well
- 60
- 525
- True
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