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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 604 · 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: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
  3. 3.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) hard to use
  4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) a free study-room finder (d) a library due-date alert
  5. 5.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
  7. 7.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
  8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) an app that just says hi (d) a medicine reminder
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
  10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  11. 11.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
  13. 13.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  14. 14.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
  18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
  20. 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
  23. 23.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the newest trend (d) the most common need
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
  25. 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
  28. 28.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  29. 29.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  32. 32.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
  35. 35.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. 20
  3. hard to use
  4. a button with no action
  5. False
  6. 41
  7. a library due-date alert
  8. an app that just says hi
  9. 66
  10. a lost-and-found board
  11. False
  12. a problem to solve
  13. a page of random dots
  14. a homework planner
  15. 34
  16. 48
  17. 46
  18. a blank grey screen
  19. 6
  20. True
  21. False
  22. 39
  23. the most common need
  24. 16
  25. False
  26. a medicine reminder
  27. 35
  28. No
  29. False
  30. forgetting homework
  31. missing the bus
  32. No
  33. missing the bus
  34. 2
  35. True
  36. True
  37. 7
  38. 59
  39. 48
  40. 13

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