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.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 145 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.👥 A clinic app has 285 patients, 255 doctors and 175 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 4.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a search bar
- 5.👥 A school app has 140 students, 255 teachers and 180 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a big-text reader
- 7.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 8.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a search bar (d) a dark mode switch
- 10.👥 A school app has 205 students, 285 teachers and 95 parents as users. How many more teachers than parents are there?
- 11.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 270 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 90 doctors and 20 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 16.Which of these is a feature? (a) a share button (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 17.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is a feature? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 19.👥 A library app has 295 readers, 110 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 20.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 235 doctors and 205 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) doctors (c) patients
- 21.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) persona (d) password
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 23.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 170 coaches and 215 fans as users. How many more fans than coaches are there?
- 24.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) wins every prize (c) needs no testing (d) helps nobody well
- 25.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 26.👥 A school app has 200 students, 95 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 27.👥 A library app has 45 readers, 40 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 28.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a homework planner
- 31.👥 A library app has 245 readers, 235 librarians and 205 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 32.🎯 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 pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 33.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 175 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 35.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 36.👥 A clinic app has 245 patients, 195 doctors and 165 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 37.👥 A school app has 35 students, 185 teachers and 20 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 38.👥 A school app has 210 students, 265 teachers and 190 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 145 players, 190 coaches and 25 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- a user need
- 325
- patients
- “I forget my homework”
- 115
- a big-text reader
- a dark mode switch
- False
- “What should I cook?”
- 190
- librarians
- a feature
- a user need
- doctors
- “I keep missing the bus”
- a share button
- False
- a search bar
- readers
- doctors
- persona
- a pocket-money tracker
- 45
- helps nobody well
- a recipe finder
- 395
- volunteers
- False
- True
- a recipe finder
- 30
- a bus tracker
- 530
- a feature
- False
- 30
- teachers
- 665
- True
- 360
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