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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 273 · 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 free study-room finder (b) an app that just says hi (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  2. 2.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 medicine reminder
  3. 3.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Kids forget homework”
  4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
  5. 5.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the rarest need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
  6. 6.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a library due-date alert (c) a medicine reminder (d) a page of random dots
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
  8. 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
  9. 9.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a cool logo (c) a long name (d) many colours
  10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  11. 11.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
  13. 13.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) hard to use
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  15. 15.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a button with no action (c) a page of random dots (d) an app that just says hi
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  18. 18.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  20. 20.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a free study-room finder (d) a blank grey screen
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
  23. 23.💡 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
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  25. 25.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  26. 26.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  29. 29.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
  33. 33.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money
  37. 37.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes

Answer key

  1. an app that just says hi
  2. a medicine reminder
  3. “Kids forget homework”
  4. a lost-and-found board
  5. the most common need
  6. a page of random dots
  7. 50
  8. a medicine reminder
  9. a problem to solve
  10. a homework planner
  11. True
  12. 17
  13. hard to use
  14. missing the bus
  15. Yes
  16. a bill splitter
  17. wasting pocket money
  18. True
  19. Yes
  20. a blank grey screen
  21. 16
  22. 18
  23. ask possible users
  24. forgetting homework
  25. No
  26. False
  27. a lost-and-found board
  28. missing the bus
  29. No
  30. 34
  31. forgetting homework
  32. 39
  33. a library due-date alert
  34. 54
  35. 33
  36. missing the bus
  37. False
  38. 1
  39. 38
  40. 15

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