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 of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 2.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) needs no testing (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) is easy to build
- 4.Which of these is a user need? (a) a search bar (b) “What should I cook?” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a dark mode switch
- 5.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a type of button (c) a colour theme (d) a phone setting
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 9.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 10.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 50 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 12.👥 A clinic app has 105 patients, 80 doctors and 300 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 13.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 15.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 55 coaches and 220 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 16.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 225 doctors and 75 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 18.👥 A clinic app has 55 patients, 290 doctors and 255 nurses as users. How many more doctors than nurses are there?
- 19.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) ask and watch users (d) write the code
- 20.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 22.👥 A school app has 260 students, 55 teachers and 155 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 24.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 25.👥 A library app has 100 readers, 300 librarians and 190 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 26.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) password (d) persona
- 27.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a water reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 30.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 50 doctors and 255 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) nurses (b) patients (c) doctors
- 31.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a dark mode switch
- 32.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a bus tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 70 patients, 245 doctors and 90 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 34.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 100 librarians and 215 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a homework planner (b) a water reminder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 36.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 38.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) the app icons (c) the people who use it (d) only the testers
- 39.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
Answer key
- a share button
- False
- helps nobody well
- “What should I cook?”
- a problem a user has
- a user need
- a feature
- a user need
- a reminder alarm
- 385
- a recipe finder
- 25
- True
- True
- 190
- a user need
- doctors
- 35
- ask and watch users
- a dark mode switch
- a water reminder
- students
- a bus tracker
- False
- librarians
- persona
- False
- a feature
- a homework planner
- nurses
- “Small text is hard”
- a pocket-money tracker
- 405
- 115
- a recipe finder
- False
- a homework planner
- the people who use it
- False
- “I keep missing the bus”
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