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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 75 · 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 no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  2. 2.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  3. 3.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 free study-room finder
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
  6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  8. 8.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Make it fast”
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
  12. 12.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
  15. 15.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the rarest need (c) a random need (d) the newest trend
  16. 16.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) many colours
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
  20. 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  23. 23.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) finished fast (c) easy to build (d) hard to use
  24. 24.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a library due-date alert (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
  25. 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
  27. 27.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a page of random dots
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a library due-date alert
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    no quiet study place: 12 votes
  32. 32.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) just guess (c) ask possible users (d) copy another app
  33. 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 18 votes
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
  36. 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 25 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes

Answer key

  1. a page of random dots
  2. a bill splitter
  3. a blank grey screen
  4. Yes
  5. 49
  6. a lost-and-found board
  7. forgetting birthdays
  8. True
  9. False
  10. “Kids forget homework”
  11. 52
  12. a bill splitter
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. the most common need
  16. a problem to solve
  17. 48
  18. 14
  19. 54
  20. False
  21. False
  22. No
  23. hard to use
  24. a library due-date alert
  25. True
  26. an app that just says hi
  27. a medicine reminder
  28. a button with no action
  29. 27
  30. 1
  31. 18
  32. ask possible users
  33. a homework planner
  34. 6
  35. 55
  36. No
  37. forgetting birthdays
  38. 6
  39. 36
  40. 9

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