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 cricket club app has 295 players, 180 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) a share button
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 230 coaches and 200 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 4.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) pixel (c) password (d) protocol
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a share button (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 7.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
- 8.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 9.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 300 players, 115 coaches and 230 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 14.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 15.🎯 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 big-text reader (d) a homework planner
- 16.👥 A library app has 80 readers, 110 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 210 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 19.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) helps nobody well (c) is easy to build (d) needs no testing
- 20.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 21.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 110 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 23.👥 A school app has 20 students, 30 teachers and 265 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 25.👥 A clinic app has 155 patients, 215 doctors and 285 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 26.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 265 patients, 200 doctors and 50 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 28.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 280 librarians and 260 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 29.👥 A clinic app has 205 patients, 160 doctors and 75 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 30.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 35 librarians and 115 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 31.👥 A school app has 45 students, 140 teachers and 255 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 33.👥 A school app has 65 students, 260 teachers and 265 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 34.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 85 coaches and 25 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 35.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 37.👥 A school app has 50 students, 295 teachers and 20 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 38.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 39.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👥 A school app has 145 students, 265 teachers and 250 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- 115
- “What should I cook?”
- 595
- persona
- “Small text is hard”
- a feature
- the people who use it
- ask and watch users
- True
- a water reminder
- 70
- a user need
- “I forget my homework”
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a big-text reader
- 260
- a user need
- fans
- helps nobody well
- False
- 370
- a big-text reader
- 315
- a feature
- nurses
- True
- 150
- 90
- 130
- readers
- parents
- a bus tracker
- parents
- 60
- False
- a user need
- teachers
- a user need
- True
- 660
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