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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 182 · 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.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
  2. 2.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
  4. 4.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) very small
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
  8. 8.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
  11. 11.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
  13. 13.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
  14. 14.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  15. 15.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) a long name
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
  18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a medicine reminder (c) an app that just says hi (d) a free study-room finder
  19. 19.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
  24. 24.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
  29. 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
  32. 32.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework
  35. 35.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  38. 38.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  39. 39.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
  40. 40.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. “Kids forget homework”
  3. 61
  4. hard to use
  5. 10
  6. No
  7. 53
  8. No
  9. a lost-and-found board
  10. 46
  11. Yes
  12. 6
  13. a medicine reminder
  14. Yes
  15. a problem to solve
  16. forgetting homework
  17. 1
  18. an app that just says hi
  19. True
  20. a medicine reminder
  21. 17
  22. missing the bus
  23. 13
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. forgetting homework
  28. 42
  29. a study-room finder
  30. 18
  31. 7
  32. a bill splitter
  33. forgetting homework
  34. forgetting birthdays
  35. True
  36. 6
  37. forgetting homework
  38. Yes
  39. the most common need
  40. a lost-and-found board

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