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.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a type of button (b) a phone setting (c) a colour theme (d) a problem a user has
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 3.👥 A cricket club app has 75 players, 55 coaches and 70 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 4.👥 A cricket club app has 60 players, 225 coaches and 130 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) coaches (c) players
- 5.👥 A library app has 55 readers, 80 librarians and 210 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 6.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a share button (d) a search bar
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 9.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 13.👥 A clinic app has 210 patients, 220 doctors and 80 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 14.👥 A school app has 210 students, 200 teachers and 230 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 15.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) protocol (c) pixel (d) persona
- 16.👥 A clinic app has 205 patients, 120 doctors and 185 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 17.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 18.👥 A library app has 110 readers, 185 librarians and 205 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 19.👥 A school app has 250 students, 220 teachers and 300 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 21.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the testers (c) only the coders (d) the app icons
- 22.👥 A school app has 210 students, 75 teachers and 300 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 23.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “What should I cook?”
- 24.👥 A clinic app has 200 patients, 120 doctors and 125 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 25.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to slow it down (c) to pick a logo (d) to build what they need
- 26.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 28.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”
- 29.👥 A library app has 250 readers, 150 librarians and 290 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 31.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 145 patients, 285 doctors and 250 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) nurses (c) patients
- 33.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) guess on your own (b) pick the colours (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 265 patients, 155 doctors and 110 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 35.👥 A clinic app has 255 patients, 245 doctors and 25 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 36.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) is easy to build (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 295 patients, 20 doctors and 80 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 38.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 39.👥 A library app has 265 readers, 90 librarians and 100 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 100 players, 145 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- a problem a user has
- a share button
- 5
- coaches
- volunteers
- “I keep missing the bus”
- “Small text is hard”
- a user need
- a homework planner
- a homework planner
- a user need
- a feature
- doctors
- 640
- persona
- 510
- a feature
- 20
- parents
- a recipe finder
- the people who use it
- parents
- “What should I cook?”
- 80
- to build what they need
- True
- a user need
- a dark mode switch
- 690
- a feature
- a reminder alarm
- doctors
- ask and watch users
- 155
- 525
- helps nobody well
- 395
- True
- 455
- 285
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