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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 55 · 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?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
  5. 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) easy to build (c) very small (d) finished fast
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) ask possible users (c) just guess (d) copy another app
  9. 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  10. 10.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a medicine reminder (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
  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 “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
  15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
  18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
  21. 21.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
  23. 23.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
  27. 27.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
  31. 31.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a long name
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  33. 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  34. 34.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
  36. 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  38. 38.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
  40. 40.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes

Answer key

  1. no quiet study place
  2. 8
  3. 48
  4. 56
  5. hard to use
  6. Yes
  7. True
  8. ask possible users
  9. a homework planner
  10. a medicine reminder
  11. 70
  12. 43
  13. False
  14. 1
  15. a lost-and-found board
  16. a library due-date alert
  17. wasting pocket money
  18. a homework planner
  19. losing water bottles
  20. 1
  21. the most common need
  22. 16
  23. False
  24. a medicine reminder
  25. missing the bus
  26. 21
  27. a medicine reminder
  28. a button with no action
  29. 10
  30. 2
  31. a problem to solve
  32. forgetting homework
  33. a bill splitter
  34. No
  35. 34
  36. a lost-and-found board
  37. wasting pocket money
  38. True
  39. 58
  40. Yes

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