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 phone setting (b) a colour theme (c) a problem a user has (d) a type of button
- 2.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 3.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) write the code (c) ask and watch users (d) guess on your own
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 230 patients, 140 doctors and 295 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 6.👥 A library app has 185 readers, 60 librarians and 165 volunteers as users. How many more volunteers than librarians are there?
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a water reminder
- 8.👥 A clinic app has 225 patients, 285 doctors and 275 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.👥 A library app has 45 readers, 85 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 10.👥 A school app has 75 students, 20 teachers and 290 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 11.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a reminder alarm (c) a search bar (d) a dark mode switch
- 12.👥 A clinic app has 120 patients, 165 doctors and 190 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 13.👥 A school app has 95 students, 290 teachers and 20 parents as users. How many more students than parents are there?
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 15.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 240 librarians and 280 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 16.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 17.👥 A clinic app has 220 patients, 50 doctors and 120 nurses as users. How many more patients than nurses are there?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to build what they need (c) to pick a logo (d) to make it longer
- 20.👥 A cricket club app has 190 players, 90 coaches and 130 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 21.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) protocol (b) password (c) persona (d) pixel
- 22.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) a reminder alarm (d) “What should I cook?”
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a bus tracker
- 24.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 25.👥 A library app has 85 readers, 185 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 45 players, 220 coaches and 255 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 185 patients, 110 doctors and 235 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 29.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a share button (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 30.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 31.👥 A clinic app has 275 patients, 210 doctors and 215 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 40 patients, 285 doctors and 275 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 33.🎯 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
- 34.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 65 doctors and 175 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 35.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a recipe finder (d) a water reminder
- 36.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 200 coaches and 95 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 37.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 38.👥 A clinic app has 135 patients, 50 doctors and 80 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) doctors (b) patients (c) nurses
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 295 patients, 265 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 40.👥 A library app has 140 readers, 225 librarians and 130 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
Answer key
- a problem a user has
- a user need
- ask and watch users
- a bus tracker
- 665
- 105
- a water reminder
- 785
- volunteers
- parents
- “I keep missing the bus”
- nurses
- 75
- a user need
- volunteers
- a reminder alarm
- 100
- a user need
- to build what they need
- 100
- persona
- “What should I cook?”
- a big-text reader
- “I forget my homework”
- 350
- a recipe finder
- 520
- 50
- a share button
- a user need
- patients
- 235
- helps nobody well
- 185
- a homework planner
- 45
- True
- patients
- 790
- librarians
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