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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 2.👥 A cricket club app has 25 players, 215 coaches and 175 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 5.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 60 librarians and 300 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 6.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) write the code (c) guess on your own (d) ask and watch users
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 8.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 10.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 35 patients, 75 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.👥 A library app has 225 readers, 115 librarians and 110 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 285 patients, 90 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) persona (d) protocol
- 16.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) only the testers (d) the people who use it
- 17.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 210 doctors and 225 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 19.👥 A school app has 75 students, 250 teachers and 195 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 20.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a share button
- 21.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a phone setting (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 22.👥 A school app has 290 students, 245 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 23.🎯 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
- 24.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 25.👥 A school app has 295 students, 130 teachers and 155 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.👥 A cricket club app has 165 players, 150 coaches and 275 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a recipe finder (d) a bus tracker
- 28.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 29.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 30.👥 A school app has 115 students, 135 teachers and 145 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 31.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 32.👥 A library app has 45 readers, 130 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 60 patients, 185 doctors and 40 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 45 doctors and 245 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 35.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 205 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 37.👥 A school app has 125 students, 270 teachers and 30 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 38.👥 A library app has 150 readers, 60 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 210 players, 110 coaches and 170 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- a dark mode switch
- coaches
- a homework planner
- a feature
- volunteers
- ask and watch users
- a bus tracker
- a homework planner
- a pocket-money tracker
- True
- 340
- a feature
- readers
- 485
- persona
- the people who use it
- a pocket-money tracker
- 580
- teachers
- “What should I cook?”
- a problem a user has
- 765
- helps nobody well
- False
- 580
- 590
- a bus tracker
- a search bar
- True
- 395
- a water reminder
- 390
- doctors
- patients
- True
- doctors
- 95
- 300
- a feature
- 490
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