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 clinic app has 225 patients, 80 doctors and 230 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 35 coaches and 100 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 3.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a search bar
- 4.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 5.👥 A library app has 120 readers, 260 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a reminder alarm
- 9.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 85 coaches and 285 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 12.👥 A school app has 145 students, 210 teachers and 75 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 13.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 14.👥 A library app has 155 readers, 35 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 15.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a type of button (d) a colour theme
- 16.👥 A library app has 155 readers, 90 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a share button (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 18.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) is easy to build (c) needs no testing (d) wins every prize
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 20.👥 A school app has 105 students, 75 teachers and 200 parents as users. How many more parents than teachers are there?
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 22.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎯 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
- 24.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) write the code (c) ask and watch users (d) pick the colours
- 25.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 26.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 28.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 225 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 29.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a dark mode switch
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 75 doctors and 110 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 35 players, 120 coaches and 45 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 32.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) protocol (d) persona
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 34.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 210 librarians and 50 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 35.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 115 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 70 coaches and 280 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 37.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 39.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 230 coaches and 285 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- nurses
- fans
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- librarians
- a big-text reader
- a bus tracker
- a reminder alarm
- False
- True
- fans
- 70
- “I forget my homework”
- readers
- a problem a user has
- 95
- a share button
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- 125
- a recipe finder
- False
- to build what they need
- ask and watch users
- a user need
- a user need
- a bus tracker
- librarians
- “Small text is hard”
- nurses
- 10
- persona
- a user need
- 45
- 490
- 410
- True
- “What should I cook?”
- 680
- True
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