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 child saving up for a cycle? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 185 doctors and 295 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 7.👥 A library app has 80 readers, 205 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 8.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a reminder alarm
- 9.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 10.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 11.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
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 20 patients, 240 doctors and 140 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 15.👥 A school app has 135 students, 290 teachers and 65 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 16.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the coders (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
- 17.👥 A school app has 95 students, 230 teachers and 210 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 19.👥 A clinic app has 60 patients, 145 doctors and 75 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 20.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 20 doctors and 245 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 295 doctors and 30 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 26.👥 A school app has 220 students, 300 teachers and 60 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 30.👥 A cricket club app has 275 players, 60 coaches and 30 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 31.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a reminder alarm
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 33.👥 A school app has 70 students, 210 teachers and 300 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 34.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 35.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 37.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) ask and watch users (c) guess on your own (d) write the code
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 190 patients, 180 doctors and 205 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 100 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 40.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) a search bar
Answer key
- a pocket-money tracker
- a recipe finder
- a homework planner
- a big-text reader
- 110
- “I forget my homework”
- 135
- “I keep missing the bus”
- persona
- False
- a dark mode switch
- a bus tracker
- 400
- True
- teachers
- the people who use it
- 535
- a problem a user has
- doctors
- False
- True
- a big-text reader
- 495
- 10
- a homework planner
- 80
- a user need
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- 245
- a reminder alarm
- False
- 230
- a pocket-money tracker
- False
- “What should I cook?”
- ask and watch users
- 575
- 35
- “Small text is hard”
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