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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 586 · 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.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) an app that just says hi (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
  3. 3.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
  5. 5.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  7. 7.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
  8. 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  9. 9.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) many colours (c) a problem to solve (d) a long name
  10. 10.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
  17. 17.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a medicine reminder (d) a page of random dots
  18. 18.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) losing water bottles
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
  21. 21.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
  24. 24.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the rarest need (c) the newest trend (d) the most common need
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
  27. 27.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a bill splitter (c) an app that just says hi (d) a button with no action
  29. 29.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
  35. 35.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  36. 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  38. 38.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) hard to use (c) finished fast (d) easy to build
  39. 39.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a button with no action
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes

Answer key

  1. a free study-room finder
  2. forgetting birthdays
  3. a bill splitter
  4. 56
  5. “Kids forget homework”
  6. missing the bus
  7. a medicine reminder
  8. a medicine reminder
  9. a problem to solve
  10. a blank grey screen
  11. forgetting homework
  12. forgetting homework
  13. forgetting homework
  14. 11
  15. 22
  16. 35
  17. a page of random dots
  18. True
  19. missing the bus
  20. 50
  21. True
  22. 39
  23. 1
  24. the most common need
  25. 37
  26. 54
  27. True
  28. a bill splitter
  29. False
  30. wasting pocket money
  31. no quiet study place
  32. 41
  33. 3
  34. missing the bus
  35. No
  36. a study-room finder
  37. Yes
  38. hard to use
  39. a button with no action
  40. 41

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