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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a dark mode switch (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a search bar
- 2.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen learning to make snacks? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 3.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
- 4.🎯 What is the best first step to learn what users need? (a) ask and watch users (b) pick the colours (c) guess on your own (d) write the code
- 5.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) “Small text is hard”
- 6.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 7.👥 A clinic app has 195 patients, 245 doctors and 250 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) nurses (c) doctors
- 8.👥 A cricket club app has 160 players, 210 coaches and 235 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 9.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a share button (c) a dark mode switch (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 10.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 250 coaches and 35 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) wins every prize (c) helps nobody well (d) needs no testing
- 12.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “Small text is hard”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 13.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a bus tracker (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a big-text reader (d) a recipe finder
- 15.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) True (b) False
- 17.👥 A library app has 25 readers, 280 librarians and 185 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 19.🎯 Why learn about users before you build? (a) to make it longer (b) to build what they need (c) to slow it down (d) to pick a logo
- 20.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 21.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a teen whose money runs out by Friday? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a big-text reader (c) a water reminder (d) a recipe finder
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 23.👥 A library app has 185 readers, 270 librarians and 190 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 24.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) True (b) False
- 25.👥 A library app has 110 readers, 155 librarians and 80 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a reader who finds small print hard? (a) a big-text reader (b) a recipe finder (c) a bus tracker (d) a water reminder
- 27.👥 A library app has 80 readers, 280 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) volunteers (c) readers
- 28.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a big-text reader
- 29.👥 A cricket club app has 255 players, 270 coaches and 200 fans as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 30.Which of these is a feature? (a) a reminder alarm (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 31.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a teen learning to make snacks. (a) False (b) True
- 32.👥 A cricket club app has 230 players, 180 coaches and 95 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 33.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 34.👥 A library app has 280 readers, 180 librarians and 40 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) pixel (c) persona (d) protocol
- 36.👥 A school app has 105 students, 290 teachers and 220 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 37.👥 A clinic app has 195 patients, 95 doctors and 200 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 38.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a student who often misses the school bus. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
Answer key
- “What should I cook?”
- a recipe finder
- “I forget my homework”
- ask and watch users
- “Small text is hard”
- True
- nurses
- fans
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 515
- helps nobody well
- a user need
- False
- a recipe finder
- False
- True
- 490
- a user need
- to build what they need
- a homework planner
- a pocket-money tracker
- a user need
- 645
- False
- librarians
- a big-text reader
- librarians
- a bus tracker
- 725
- a reminder alarm
- False
- players
- a feature
- 500
- persona
- teachers
- 100
- False
- True
- a user need
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