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 student who often misses the school bus? (a) a recipe finder (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 2.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 4.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 6.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 250 doctors and 70 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 8.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a dark mode switch (d) “Small text is hard”
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 11.👥 A cricket club app has 130 players, 95 coaches and 185 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) coaches (c) fans
- 12.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 55 librarians and 160 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 13.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a colour theme (c) a phone setting (d) a problem a user has
- 14.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 15.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 16.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 17.👥 A school app has 205 students, 290 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) write the code
- 19.👥 A cricket club app has 265 players, 130 coaches and 110 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 20.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a share button (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 21.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 100 doctors and 265 nurses as users. How many more doctors than patients are there?
- 22.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the app icons (b) only the coders (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 23.👥 A school app has 190 students, 30 teachers and 285 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to slow it down (c) to build what they need (d) to make it longer
- 25.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 55 doctors and 205 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 29.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”
- 30.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 270 librarians and 115 volunteers 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 recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 32.👥 A cricket club app has 210 players, 90 coaches and 300 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 33.👥 A cricket club app has 85 players, 75 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👥 A library app has 285 readers, 110 librarians and 220 volunteers as users. How many more readers than volunteers are there?
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 110 patients, 170 doctors and 90 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 39.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) helps nobody well (c) is easy to build (d) wins every prize
- 40.👥 A school app has 35 students, 115 teachers and 90 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
Answer key
- a bus tracker
- True
- a big-text reader
- False
- a bus tracker
- doctors
- a feature
- a dark mode switch
- a user need
- a user need
- fans
- 30
- a problem a user has
- “I forget my homework”
- a big-text reader
- “What should I cook?”
- 675
- ask and watch users
- players
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 5
- the people who use it
- 505
- to build what they need
- True
- a pocket-money tracker
- 25
- a pocket-money tracker
- a search bar
- 520
- a water reminder
- 120
- 225
- a share button
- a user need
- True
- 65
- 20
- helps nobody well
- 80
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