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.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) wins every prize (b) needs no testing (c) is easy to build (d) helps nobody well
- 2.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a problem a user has (c) a colour theme (d) a type of button
- 3.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to pick a logo (b) to make it longer (c) to slow it down (d) to build what they need
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a pupil juggling five projects? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a water reminder (d) a homework planner
- 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.👥 A cricket club app has 265 players, 195 coaches and 40 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 7.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 9.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) write the code (b) guess on your own (c) pick the colours (d) ask and watch users
- 10.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 40 librarians and 145 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a bus tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 12.👥 A school app has 280 students, 150 teachers and 165 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) teachers (c) parents
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 14.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the testers (b) the people who use it (c) the app icons (d) only the coders
- 15.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a share button (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 17.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 18.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 185 librarians and 245 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 19.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a recipe finder
- 20.👥 A library app has 245 readers, 80 librarians and 205 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 21.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 22.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
- 23.👥 A clinic app has 165 patients, 35 doctors and 80 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 24.👥 A cricket club app has 260 players, 190 coaches and 295 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 25.🎯 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 big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 26.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a student who keeps forgetting due dates. (a) False (b) True
- 27.👥 A clinic app has 170 patients, 285 doctors and 295 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a recipe finder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a water reminder
- 29.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 30.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) False (b) True
- 31.👥 A cricket club app has 40 players, 170 coaches and 180 fans as users. How many more fans than players are there?
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 250 patients, 40 doctors and 45 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 33.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I forget my homework”
- 35.👥 A library app has 135 readers, 50 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) volunteers (c) librarians
- 36.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) pixel (b) protocol (c) persona (d) password
- 37.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 250 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 38.👥 A library app has 125 readers, 275 librarians and 35 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 40.👥 A school app has 165 students, 135 teachers and 280 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- helps nobody well
- a problem a user has
- to build what they need
- a homework planner
- True
- 70
- True
- a feature
- ask and watch users
- 460
- a homework planner
- students
- a feature
- the people who use it
- False
- a share button
- False
- readers
- a big-text reader
- 530
- True
- a reminder alarm
- patients
- 35
- a pocket-money tracker
- False
- 10
- a water reminder
- a user need
- False
- 140
- 5
- True
- a dark mode switch
- readers
- persona
- librarians
- 435
- False
- 580
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