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 pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 3.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 190 doctors and 45 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 5.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 8.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 20 librarians and 95 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 10.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 290 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.👥 A school app has 270 students, 190 teachers and 225 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 13.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 14.👥 A library app has 150 readers, 240 librarians and 200 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) a reminder alarm (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 16.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 60 doctors and 135 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.👥 A library app has 240 readers, 125 librarians and 155 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A library app has 180 readers, 220 librarians and 235 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 22.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) persona (c) pixel (d) password
- 23.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 24.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) write the code (c) pick the colours (d) guess on your own
- 25.👥 A school app has 85 students, 110 teachers and 50 parents as users. How many more teachers than students are there?
- 26.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a colour theme (c) a problem a user has (d) a type of button
- 28.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) True (b) False
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 240 players, 215 coaches and 170 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 31.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “What should I cook?”
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a big-text reader (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a water reminder
- 33.👥 A library app has 270 readers, 115 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. How many more readers than librarians are there?
- 34.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 265 librarians and 105 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 35.👥 A cricket club app has 295 players, 260 coaches and 120 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 36.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a water reminder (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 37.👥 A library app has 200 readers, 210 librarians and 255 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than readers are there?
- 38.👥 A school app has 220 students, 95 teachers and 260 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- a user need
- patients
- a water reminder
- a user need
- a pocket-money tracker
- a bus tracker
- 75
- a search bar
- 745
- students
- “Small text is hard”
- a reminder alarm
- librarians
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- 395
- a feature
- readers
- a user need
- volunteers
- persona
- a feature
- ask and watch users
- 25
- True
- a problem a user has
- True
- 625
- “I forget my homework”
- a dark mode switch
- a pocket-money tracker
- 155
- librarians
- players
- a water reminder
- 55
- parents
- a feature
- True
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