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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 233 · 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.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  2. 2.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  3. 3.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) pick a colour (c) ask possible users (d) just guess
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
  6. 6.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) hard to use (c) finished fast (d) very small
  7. 7.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a long name (c) a problem to solve (d) a cool logo
  8. 8.💡 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 bill splitter
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a button with no action
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
  13. 13.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
  14. 14.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  15. 15.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  16. 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
  18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
  19. 19.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a bill splitter
  20. 20.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
  21. 21.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays
  24. 24.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  25. 25.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) a page of random dots
  26. 26.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
  29. 29.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a bill splitter (c) an app that just says hi (d) a blank grey screen
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
  32. 32.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
  34. 34.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a page of random dots
  35. 35.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a medicine reminder (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
  36. 36.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) losing water bottles

Answer key

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. ask possible users
  4. missing the bus
  5. 18
  6. hard to use
  7. a problem to solve
  8. a lost-and-found board
  9. a button with no action
  10. forgetting homework
  11. forgetting homework
  12. 41
  13. a homework planner
  14. No
  15. No
  16. a homework planner
  17. 16
  18. a study-room finder
  19. a bill splitter
  20. a library due-date alert
  21. False
  22. “Kids forget homework”
  23. missing the bus
  24. Yes
  25. a page of random dots
  26. a lost-and-found board
  27. 28
  28. 2
  29. a bill splitter
  30. 3
  31. 46
  32. True
  33. 7
  34. a lost-and-found board
  35. a medicine reminder
  36. Yes
  37. 37
  38. no quiet study place
  39. 14
  40. losing water bottles

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