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.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 3.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 240 players, 50 coaches and 190 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 5.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) “Small text is hard”
- 8.👥 A clinic app has 90 patients, 210 doctors and 250 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 10.👥 A school app has 200 students, 20 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.👥 A school app has 175 students, 235 teachers and 160 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 12.👥 A school app has 210 students, 240 teachers and 40 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 195 coaches and 235 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 15.👥 A school app has 200 students, 180 teachers and 35 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 17.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 115 librarians and 105 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 90 doctors and 255 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 20.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a problem a user has (c) a type of button (d) a phone setting
- 21.👥 A school app has 260 students, 70 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 22.👥 A school app has 210 students, 90 teachers and 285 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 23.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 95 doctors and 285 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 26.👥 A library app has 180 readers, 105 librarians and 210 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 30.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 31.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 215 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 32.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 33.👥 A library app has 75 readers, 155 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A library app has 100 readers, 85 librarians and 275 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 37.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 38.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 39.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- a recipe finder
- False
- players
- a search bar
- a feature
- “Small text is hard”
- 550
- ask and watch users
- 260
- 60
- 30
- 470
- a reminder alarm
- 415
- a user need
- 155
- 425
- a user need
- a problem a user has
- 190
- 120
- False
- 60
- a water reminder
- 495
- a share button
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- the people who use it
- 110
- “What should I cook?”
- 250
- volunteers
- a feature
- a dark mode switch
- a big-text reader
- a water reminder
- True
- False
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