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 short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) password (d) persona
- 2.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a dark mode switch (d) a share button
- 3.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 4.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 5.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) “I forget my homework”
- 8.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a reminder alarm (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 9.👥 A cricket club app has 95 players, 75 coaches and 215 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 10.👥 A school app has 55 students, 165 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 11.👥 A clinic app has 295 patients, 130 doctors and 160 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 12.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “What should I cook?”
- 13.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) guess on your own (c) pick the colours (d) write the code
- 14.👥 A clinic app has 165 patients, 250 doctors and 75 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 15.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) only the testers (c) the people who use it (d) the app icons
- 16.👥 A school app has 225 students, 75 teachers and 60 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 215 patients, 75 doctors and 90 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 18.👥 A cricket club app has 200 players, 180 coaches and 30 fans as users. How many more coaches than fans are there?
- 19.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a big-text reader (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 21.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 22.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 23.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a colour theme (c) a type of button (d) a phone setting
- 24.👥 A school app has 170 students, 185 teachers and 35 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 25.👥 A library app has 130 readers, 70 librarians and 115 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 26.👥 A clinic app has 95 patients, 180 doctors and 235 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 55 players, 30 coaches and 60 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 28.🎯 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 water reminder (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 29.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 31.👥 A library app has 20 readers, 200 librarians and 205 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than readers are there?
- 32.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 33.👥 A library app has 285 readers, 170 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 180 patients, 20 doctors and 250 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 37.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 38.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 39.👥 A school app has 275 students, 270 teachers and 235 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 40.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a bus tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
Answer key
- persona
- “What should I cook?”
- a recipe finder
- a user need
- True
- False
- “I forget my homework”
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 120
- 170
- 135
- a reminder alarm
- ask and watch users
- doctors
- the people who use it
- 165
- patients
- 150
- a feature
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- a search bar
- a problem a user has
- teachers
- readers
- nurses
- 5
- a water reminder
- True
- a user need
- 180
- a user need
- readers
- 450
- False
- helps nobody well
- a pocket-money tracker
- True
- 40
- a bus tracker
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