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.🎯 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
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 65 patients, 60 doctors and 30 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 3.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) pick the colours (b) guess on your own (c) write the code (d) ask and watch users
- 4.👥 A school app has 230 students, 110 teachers and 200 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 5.👥 A clinic app has 280 patients, 135 doctors and 255 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 6.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 7.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a bus tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a homework planner (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 8.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 250 coaches and 95 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 9.👥 A library app has 300 readers, 280 librarians and 150 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 10.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to slow it down (b) to pick a logo (c) to make it longer (d) to build what they need
- 11.👥 A school app has 20 students, 205 teachers and 200 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) students (c) teachers
- 12.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 13.👥 A library app has 170 readers, 260 librarians and 55 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 15.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A school app has 195 students, 175 teachers and 260 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 19.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a phone setting (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a colour theme
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 240 players, 120 coaches and 50 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) fans (b) players (c) coaches
- 22.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a homework planner (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 23.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 24.Which of these is a feature? (a) a dark mode switch (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 25.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 130 librarians and 20 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 26.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a share button (c) a search bar (d) a reminder alarm
- 27.👥 A cricket club app has 235 players, 140 coaches and 190 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.👥 A school app has 220 students, 230 teachers and 95 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 29.👥 A school app has 70 students, 300 teachers and 100 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 30.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) protocol (c) pixel (d) persona
- 32.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I forget my homework” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 34.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) True (b) False
- 35.👥 A school app has 190 students, 180 teachers and 135 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 36.👥 A cricket club app has 220 players, 180 coaches and 170 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 37.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 38.👥 A library app has 255 readers, 115 librarians and 165 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 39.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 40.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
Answer key
- the people who use it
- 155
- ask and watch users
- 120
- patients
- a user need
- a recipe finder
- 200
- readers
- to build what they need
- teachers
- “I forget my homework”
- 205
- a user need
- False
- False
- parents
- a user need
- a problem a user has
- a feature
- players
- a bus tracker
- a bus tracker
- a dark mode switch
- readers
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 565
- teachers
- 30
- False
- persona
- False
- a reminder alarm
- True
- 10
- 40
- a feature
- readers
- a user need
- a search bar
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