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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 102 · 40 questions
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Developer's tip (Problem first): A good idea solves a real problem for real people. Ask possible users (a survey) and count the votes. Solve the most common need first; keep the idea focused.

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  1. 1.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a library due-date alert (d) a medicine reminder
  2. 2.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 9 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  8. 8.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
  13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  15. 15.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a free study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a button with no action
  17. 17.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  18. 18.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
  19. 19.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the newest trend (c) the most common need (d) a random need
  20. 20.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
  23. 23.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
  25. 25.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) a button with no action (d) a medicine reminder
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) an app that just says hi (d) a bill splitter
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
  30. 30.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  31. 31.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) hard to use (c) easy to build (d) very small
  32. 32.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
  34. 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  36. 36.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
  38. 38.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
  40. 40.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder

Answer key

  1. a page of random dots
  2. a lost-and-found board
  3. no quiet study place
  4. No
  5. forgetting homework
  6. No
  7. forgetting birthdays
  8. True
  9. False
  10. 6
  11. 35
  12. 58
  13. Yes
  14. no quiet study place
  15. No
  16. a button with no action
  17. a homework planner
  18. “Kids forget homework”
  19. the most common need
  20. False
  21. True
  22. 52
  23. False
  24. 8
  25. a medicine reminder
  26. 14
  27. 3
  28. a bill splitter
  29. 12
  30. Yes
  31. hard to use
  32. Yes
  33. 38
  34. a bill splitter
  35. no quiet study place
  36. True
  37. 40
  38. a lost-and-found board
  39. 32
  40. a medicine reminder

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