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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 48 · 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.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) just guess (c) ask possible users (d) pick a colour
  2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a blank grey screen (d) a button with no action
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
  7. 7.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a cool logo (c) a long name (d) a problem to solve
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
  12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  13. 13.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
  16. 16.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
  18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
  20. 20.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Kids forget homework” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Make it fast” (d) “Add a logo”
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
  24. 24.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a free study-room finder (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
  25. 25.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the newest trend (b) the most common need (c) a random need (d) the rarest need
  26. 26.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework
  29. 29.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  31. 31.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a bill splitter
  32. 32.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a bill splitter (c) an app that just says hi (d) a button with no action
  33. 33.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
  35. 35.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
  39. 39.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. ask possible users
  2. a library due-date alert
  3. no quiet study place
  4. 3
  5. No
  6. 1
  7. False
  8. a problem to solve
  9. missing the bus
  10. missing the bus
  11. 9
  12. No
  13. False
  14. 5
  15. 36
  16. Yes
  17. forgetting birthdays
  18. a homework planner
  19. 51
  20. True
  21. “Kids forget homework”
  22. 26
  23. 4
  24. a page of random dots
  25. the most common need
  26. False
  27. missing the bus
  28. forgetting homework
  29. True
  30. Yes
  31. a blank grey screen
  32. a bill splitter
  33. No
  34. 12
  35. False
  36. True
  37. 12
  38. 33
  39. False
  40. False

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