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.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 2.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 75 doctors and 220 nurses as users. How many more patients than doctors are there?
- 3.🎯 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
- 4.Which of these is a feature? (a) “Small text is hard” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 5.👥 A school app has 140 students, 20 teachers and 150 parents as users. How many more parents than students are there?
- 6.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a runner who forgets to sip water? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a pocket-money tracker (d) a homework planner
- 7.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) True (b) False
- 8.👥 A school app has 260 students, 300 teachers and 35 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 9.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 10.👥 A clinic app has 165 patients, 90 doctors and 20 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 11.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a colour theme (b) a type of button (c) a problem a user has (d) a phone setting
- 12.👥 A library app has 300 readers, 25 librarians and 295 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) librarians (b) readers (c) volunteers
- 13.👥 A cricket club app has 100 players, 50 coaches and 65 fans as users. How many more players than coaches are there?
- 14.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) “Small text is hard” (c) a share button (d) “What should I cook?”
- 15.Which of these is a user need? (a) a dark mode switch (b) a share button (c) a reminder alarm (d) “I forget my homework”
- 16.🎯 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
- 17.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) a dark mode switch (c) “Small text is hard” (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 18.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 19.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a dark mode switch
- 20.👥 A library app has 220 readers, 275 librarians and 90 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) readers (b) librarians (c) volunteers
- 21.👥 A cricket club app has 50 players, 295 coaches and 80 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) fans (c) players
- 22.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 23.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) helps nobody well (b) is easy to build (c) needs no testing (d) wins every prize
- 24.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a reminder alarm (c) “What should I cook?” (d) a dark mode switch
- 25.👥 A school app has 225 students, 235 teachers and 60 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) parents (b) teachers (c) students
- 26.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a gamer who forgets to drink? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a homework planner (d) a recipe finder
- 27.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a parent waiting at the bus stop? (a) a pocket-money tracker (b) a recipe finder (c) a big-text reader (d) a bus tracker
- 28.👥 A library app has 275 readers, 40 librarians and 30 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 29.Which of these is a user need? (a) a share button (b) a dark mode switch (c) a search bar (d) “I keep missing the bus”
- 30.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a cook with no idea for dinner. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) True (b) False
- 32.👥 A clinic app has 80 patients, 85 doctors and 145 nurses as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) patients (b) doctors (c) nurses
- 33.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a teen whose money runs out by Friday. (a) True (b) False
- 34.👥 A library app has 30 readers, 130 librarians and 55 volunteers as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 35.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 95 librarians and 65 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 36.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a share button? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 38.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) password (b) protocol (c) pixel (d) persona
- 39.True or false: a recipe finder is the best fit for a gamer who forgets to drink. (a) False (b) True
- 40.👥 A clinic app has 300 patients, 125 doctors and 230 nurses as users. How many users does it have in all?
Answer key
- False
- 5
- ask and watch users
- a reminder alarm
- 10
- a water reminder
- False
- 595
- a feature
- 275
- a problem a user has
- readers
- 50
- a share button
- “I forget my homework”
- to build what they need
- a dark mode switch
- a user need
- “Small text is hard”
- librarians
- coaches
- a user need
- helps nobody well
- “What should I cook?”
- teachers
- a water reminder
- a bus tracker
- 345
- “I keep missing the bus”
- False
- False
- nurses
- False
- 215
- readers
- False
- a feature
- persona
- False
- 655
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