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.👥 A cricket club app has 275 players, 45 coaches and 90 fans as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) coaches (b) players (c) fans
- 2.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I keep missing the bus” (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a reminder alarm
- 3.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a reminder alarm? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 4.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a child saving up for a cycle? (a) a homework planner (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a water reminder (d) a big-text reader
- 5.🎯 Who are the users of an app? (a) the people who use it (b) only the coders (c) only the testers (d) the app icons
- 6.🎯 A short made-up profile of a typical user is called a ___. (a) persona (b) password (c) pixel (d) protocol
- 7.👥 A school app has 160 students, 265 teachers and 35 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) teachers (b) students (c) parents
- 8.👥 A school app has 255 students, 270 teachers and 150 parents as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) students (b) parents (c) teachers
- 9.True or false: a homework planner is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who keeps forgetting due dates? (a) a water reminder (b) a pocket-money tracker (c) a homework planner (d) a big-text reader
- 11.👥 A school app has 65 students, 55 teachers and 285 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 12.👥 A cricket club app has 290 players, 200 coaches and 235 fans as users. How many more players than fans are there?
- 13.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a student who often misses the school bus? (a) a water reminder (b) a big-text reader (c) a bus tracker (d) a homework planner
- 14.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I forget my homework”? (a) a user need (b) a feature
- 15.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “I keep missing the bus”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 16.True or false: a big-text reader is the best fit for a grandparent with weak eyesight. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a runner who forgets to sip water. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is a user need? (a) a reminder alarm (b) a search bar (c) “Small text is hard” (d) a share button
- 19.👥 A cricket club app has 25 players, 255 coaches and 85 fans as users. How many more coaches than players are there?
- 20.Which of these is a feature? (a) “What should I cook?” (b) “I forget my homework” (c) “I keep missing the bus” (d) a share button
- 21.🎯 What is a user need? (a) a problem a user has (b) a phone setting (c) a colour theme (d) a type of button
- 22.🎯 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
- 23.👥 A school app has 250 students, 180 teachers and 295 parents as users. How many more students than teachers are there?
- 24.Which of these is a feature? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a search bar (c) “What should I cook?” (d) “Small text is hard”
- 25.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a child saving up for a cycle. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 27.👥 A library app has 190 readers, 145 librarians and 180 volunteers as users. Which user group is the biggest? (a) volunteers (b) readers (c) librarians
- 28.👥 A clinic app has 45 patients, 160 doctors and 265 nurses as users. How many more nurses than patients are there?
- 29.🎯 Which app would help this user most: a cook with no idea for dinner? (a) a recipe finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bus tracker (d) a pocket-money tracker
- 30.🎯 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
- 31.True or false: a pocket-money tracker is the best fit for a pupil juggling five projects. (a) True (b) False
- 32.👥 A school app has 60 students, 185 teachers and 115 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 33.True or false: a bus tracker is the best fit for a reader who finds small print hard. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎯 An app for “everyone” with no clear user usually ___. (a) is easy to build (b) needs no testing (c) wins every prize (d) helps nobody well
- 35.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: a search bar? (a) a feature (b) a user need
- 36.True or false: a water reminder is the best fit for a parent waiting at the bus stop. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a user need? (a) “I keep missing the bus” (b) a dark mode switch (c) a reminder alarm (d) a search bar
- 38.👥 A school app has 300 students, 290 teachers and 135 parents as users. How many users does it have in all?
- 39.👥 A clinic app has 290 patients, 95 doctors and 100 nurses as users. How many more nurses than doctors are there?
- 40.🎯 Is this a user need or a feature: “What should I cook?”? (a) a feature (b) a user need
Answer key
- players
- a reminder alarm
- a feature
- a pocket-money tracker
- the people who use it
- persona
- teachers
- teachers
- False
- a homework planner
- 405
- 55
- a bus tracker
- a user need
- a user need
- True
- True
- “Small text is hard”
- 230
- a share button
- a problem a user has
- to build what they need
- 70
- a search bar
- False
- True
- readers
- 220
- a recipe finder
- ask and watch users
- False
- 360
- False
- helps nobody well
- a feature
- False
- “I keep missing the bus”
- 725
- 5
- a user need
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