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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 479 · 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? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
  2. 2.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  3. 3.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a medicine reminder (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
  5. 5.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  7. 7.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
  8. 8.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 13 votes
  13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  14. 14.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  15. 15.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
  17. 17.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) easy to build (c) hard to use (d) finished fast
  18. 18.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  19. 19.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a free study-room finder (c) a blank grey screen (d) a medicine reminder
  20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  22. 22.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  31. 31.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  32. 32.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus
  34. 34.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
  37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
  39. 39.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a blank grey screen (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place

Answer key

  1. missing the bus
  2. a homework planner
  3. a medicine reminder
  4. 46
  5. False
  6. no quiet study place
  7. “Kids forget homework”
  8. True
  9. a bill splitter
  10. 43
  11. 19
  12. 54
  13. Yes
  14. No
  15. True
  16. 6
  17. hard to use
  18. Yes
  19. a blank grey screen
  20. Yes
  21. No
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a problem to solve
  25. 1
  26. losing water bottles
  27. no quiet study place
  28. 16
  29. a button with no action
  30. forgetting homework
  31. Yes
  32. False
  33. forgetting birthdays
  34. False
  35. forgetting homework
  36. 18
  37. Yes
  38. 4
  39. a lost-and-found board
  40. missing the bus

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