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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 74 · 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.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
  4. 4.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) ask possible users (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
  5. 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) easy to build (c) very small (d) hard to use
  6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
  8. 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  9. 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
  10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  11. 11.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) a random need (c) the newest trend (d) the rarest need
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  14. 14.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Use blue buttons” (d) “Add a logo”
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays
  17. 17.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a free study-room finder
  18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a bill splitter
  19. 19.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  20. 20.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
  21. 21.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  22. 22.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    wasting pocket money: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
  26. 26.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a page of random dots (d) a lost-and-found board
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
  30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a page of random dots (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
  31. 31.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
  34. 34.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting birthdays
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
  37. 37.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a library due-date alert (c) an app that just says hi (d) a lost-and-found board
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) losing water bottles
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 26
  3. 12
  4. ask possible users
  5. hard to use
  6. a bill splitter
  7. 3
  8. a homework planner
  9. a homework planner
  10. a lost-and-found board
  11. True
  12. the most common need
  13. missing the bus
  14. “Kids forget homework”
  15. 18
  16. forgetting birthdays
  17. a blank grey screen
  18. a medicine reminder
  19. Yes
  20. a study-room finder
  21. a lost-and-found board
  22. False
  23. 44
  24. 6
  25. 53
  26. No
  27. 8
  28. a page of random dots
  29. 36
  30. a bill splitter
  31. True
  32. 27
  33. 10
  34. True
  35. losing water bottles
  36. forgetting homework
  37. an app that just says hi
  38. no quiet study place
  39. losing water bottles
  40. 7

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