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 big-text reader is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 3.👥 A clinic app has 295 patients, 75 doctors and 200 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 4.👥 A school app has 265 students, 30 teachers and 255 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 5.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) ask and watch users (c) pick the colours (d) guess on your own
- 6.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 160 patients, 40 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 9.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a type of button (c) a phone setting (d) a colour theme
- 11.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) password (c) protocol (d) persona
- 12.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a search bar
- 13.👥 A school app has 35 students, 150 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 16.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 100 coaches and 125 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 20.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a share button (d) “What should I cook?”
- 21.👥 A school app has 250 students, 25 teachers and 75 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 22.👥 A cricket club app has 115 players, 255 coaches and 215 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 200 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 24.👥 A school app has 245 students, 280 teachers and 205 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 25.👥 A school app has 235 students, 60 teachers and 220 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 27.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) is easy to build (c) wins every prize (d) needs no testing
- 28.👥 A school app has 230 students, 160 teachers and 275 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 29.👥 A library app has 30 readers, 40 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 110 patients, 145 doctors and 85 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 32.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 220 players, 265 coaches and 145 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 34.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 35.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 280 librarians and 205 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 36.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 235 patients, 50 doctors and 205 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 280 doctors and 175 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 150 players, 35 coaches and 75 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
Answer key
- False
- False
- 220
- 10
- ask and watch users
- False
- 245
- a user need
- False
- a problem a user has
- persona
- a search bar
- 340
- a feature
- a pocket-money tracker
- “Small text is hard”
- a homework planner
- 25
- a recipe finder
- a share button
- 225
- coaches
- doctors
- 40
- students
- a homework planner
- helps nobody well
- 45
- 215
- a bus tracker
- 25
- “I forget my homework”
- 45
- False
- 75
- a water reminder
- 155
- doctors
- True
- players
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