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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 521 · 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 lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  2. 2.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  4. 4.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) hard to use (c) very small (d) finished fast
  5. 5.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a blank grey screen (c) a bill splitter (d) a free study-room finder
  6. 6.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a cool logo (c) many colours (d) a long name
  7. 7.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) copy another app (c) just guess (d) pick a colour
  8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a bill splitter (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  11. 11.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
  12. 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
  14. 14.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
  16. 16.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus
  18. 18.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 free study-room finder
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  22. 22.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  25. 25.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
  27. 27.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Make it fast”
  28. 28.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
  29. 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) a page of random dots (d) a blank grey screen
  31. 31.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) a button with no action (d) a medicine reminder
  32. 32.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  33. 33.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  35. 35.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) an app that just says hi
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
  38. 38.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) a random need (c) the newest trend (d) the rarest need
  40. 40.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a page of random dots (d) a bill splitter

Answer key

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. No
  4. hard to use
  5. a blank grey screen
  6. a problem to solve
  7. ask possible users
  8. a bill splitter
  9. 3
  10. missing the bus
  11. a lost-and-found board
  12. a study-room finder
  13. 6
  14. True
  15. a lost-and-found board
  16. False
  17. no quiet study place
  18. a free study-room finder
  19. 40
  20. no quiet study place
  21. forgetting homework
  22. Yes
  23. 47
  24. 23
  25. False
  26. losing water bottles
  27. “Kids forget homework”
  28. a homework planner
  29. a bill splitter
  30. a medicine reminder
  31. a button with no action
  32. a lost-and-found board
  33. No
  34. forgetting homework
  35. an app that just says hi
  36. 3
  37. 14
  38. True
  39. the most common need
  40. a page of random dots

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