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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

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

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. 1
  3. losing water bottles
  4. hard to use
  5. 21
  6. a bill splitter
  7. True
  8. Yes
  9. Yes
  10. ask possible users
  11. a medicine reminder
  12. 47
  13. False
  14. a button with no action
  15. True
  16. 47
  17. 4
  18. a bill splitter
  19. Yes
  20. a homework planner
  21. forgetting birthdays
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a problem to solve
  25. a library due-date alert
  26. a study-room finder
  27. 55
  28. 2
  29. a free study-room finder
  30. 8
  31. losing water bottles
  32. a page of random dots
  33. 8
  34. 49
  35. 7
  36. 42
  37. 11
  38. the most common need
  39. False
  40. “Kids forget homework”

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