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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 594 · 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 library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  3. 3.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a blank grey screen (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
  5. 5.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  6. 6.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
  8. 8.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
  10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  11. 11.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 18 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting birthdays
  13. 13.💡 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
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus
  15. 15.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a bill splitter (d) a button with no action
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  18. 18.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
  19. 19.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a cool logo (c) a long name (d) a problem to solve
  21. 21.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
  24. 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) an app that just says hi (d) a bill splitter
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
  32. 32.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
  35. 35.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
  37. 37.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
  40. 40.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Yes
  2. forgetting birthdays
  3. a blank grey screen
  4. 44
  5. a library due-date alert
  6. False
  7. a study-room finder
  8. “Kids forget homework”
  9. 38
  10. a homework planner
  11. a free study-room finder
  12. forgetting birthdays
  13. hard to use
  14. forgetting birthdays
  15. a bill splitter
  16. forgetting homework
  17. missing the bus
  18. ask possible users
  19. True
  20. a problem to solve
  21. False
  22. False
  23. 34
  24. a lost-and-found board
  25. 8
  26. 7
  27. 5
  28. an app that just says hi
  29. 22
  30. forgetting homework
  31. 6
  32. False
  33. Yes
  34. 6
  35. No
  36. 43
  37. False
  38. forgetting birthdays
  39. 41
  40. True

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