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.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.👥 A library app has 115 readers, 70 librarians and 150 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 5.👥 A library app has 70 readers, 50 librarians and 210 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 7.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) only the coders
- 8.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a search bar
- 9.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 150 coaches and 275 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 11.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 205 librarians and 235 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 270 patients, 90 doctors and 190 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 14.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 15.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 105 doctors and 290 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 18.👥 A school app has 160 students, 290 teachers and 135 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 19.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 205 patients, 195 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 24.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
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 28.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 120 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.🎯 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
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 295 players, 260 coaches and 50 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 31.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 32.👥 A school app has 220 students, 290 teachers and 30 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 34.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 35.👥 A library app has 175 readers, 80 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 36.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 37.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) ask and watch users (c) write the code (d) guess on your own
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 39.👥 A library app has 35 readers, 295 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 280 players, 255 coaches and 265 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
Answer key
- a homework planner
- a pocket-money tracker
- a feature
- volunteers
- 330
- “Small text is hard”
- the people who use it
- “I forget my homework”
- 465
- a user need
- 185
- a feature
- patients
- False
- 435
- False
- True
- teachers
- True
- True
- “What should I cook?”
- a user need
- 85
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a feature
- a recipe finder
- a water reminder
- 490
- to build what they need
- 245
- helps nobody well
- teachers
- a user need
- a share button
- readers
- a feature
- ask and watch users
- a recipe finder
- 370
- players
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