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 forget my homework” (b) “What should I cook?” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 2.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a dark mode switch? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a search bar (c) “I forget my homework” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 5.👥 A cricket club app has 150 players, 285 coaches and 45 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) players (b) fans (c) coaches
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a recipe finder (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a bus tracker
- 7.Which of these is a user need? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) a share button
- 8.🎯 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
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 10.👥 A school app has 150 students, 140 teachers and 35 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 12.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a recipe finder (b) a bus tracker (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 13.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 14.👥 A cricket club app has 30 players, 180 coaches and 240 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 15.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 16.👥 A school app has 65 students, 70 teachers and 220 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) parents (c) students
- 17.👥 A cricket club app has 140 players, 235 coaches and 105 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 19.👥 A library app has 40 readers, 255 librarians and 70 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) librarians (c) readers
- 20.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 21.👥 A school app has 295 students, 50 teachers and 40 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 23.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) protocol (c) password (d) pixel
- 24.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a big-text reader (b) a water reminder (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 25.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a big-text reader (b) a homework planner (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a bus tracker
- 27.👥 A school app has 60 students, 270 teachers and 225 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 28.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a grandparent with weak eyesight? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a homework planner (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 30.👥 A school app has 170 students, 160 teachers and 300 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 31.👥 A school app has 120 students, 160 teachers and 230 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 32.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) “I forget my homework” (d) a share button
- 33.👥 A clinic app has 255 patients, 80 doctors and 85 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 34.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) only the coders (b) only the testers (c) the app icons (d) the people who use it
- 35.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 36.👥 A school app has 295 students, 165 teachers and 25 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 37.👥 A school app has 120 students, 20 teachers and 215 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 38.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 39.👥 A library app has 65 readers, 175 librarians and 115 volunteers as users. How many more librarians than volunteers are there?
- 40.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 120 coaches and 90 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
Answer key
- a dark mode switch
- True
- a feature
- a search bar
- coaches
- a water reminder
- “What should I cook?”
- a pocket-money tracker
- “Small text is hard”
- 325
- a feature
- a big-text reader
- a feature
- fans
- False
- parents
- 480
- a feature
- librarians
- a user need
- students
- a user need
- persona
- a bus tracker
- True
- a homework planner
- 555
- a user need
- a big-text reader
- 130
- parents
- a share button
- 5
- the people who use it
- False
- 130
- 100
- False
- 60
- 110
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