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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 605 · 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? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  3. 3.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the most common need (c) a random need (d) the newest trend
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
  7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  8. 8.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  9. 9.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
  11. 11.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a cool logo
  12. 12.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
  14. 14.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a page of random dots (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
  15. 15.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 lost-and-found board
  16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
  21. 21.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) an app that just says hi (d) a library due-date alert
  22. 22.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
  23. 23.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
  25. 25.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
  27. 27.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) copy another app (c) pick a colour (d) just guess
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
  29. 29.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) very small
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 12 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
  36. 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  37. 37.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  39. 39.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a page of random dots (c) a free study-room finder (d) a button with no action
  40. 40.📊 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: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes

Answer key

  1. Yes
  2. 32
  3. False
  4. the most common need
  5. No
  6. 37
  7. a study-room finder
  8. Yes
  9. False
  10. a page of random dots
  11. a problem to solve
  12. False
  13. 11
  14. a medicine reminder
  15. a lost-and-found board
  16. a blank grey screen
  17. wasting pocket money
  18. 11
  19. 32
  20. forgetting homework
  21. a library due-date alert
  22. a lost-and-found board
  23. False
  24. a homework planner
  25. “Kids forget homework”
  26. 27
  27. ask possible users
  28. 37
  29. True
  30. hard to use
  31. 31
  32. wasting pocket money
  33. 38
  34. wasting pocket money
  35. no quiet study place
  36. No
  37. True
  38. a lost-and-found board
  39. a free study-room finder
  40. 17

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