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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 89 · 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 a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a free study-room finder (c) a blank grey screen (d) a button with no action
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  3. 3.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a blank grey screen (d) a bill splitter
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
  8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  10. 10.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a library due-date alert
  11. 11.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) very small (c) hard to use (d) finished fast
  12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  14. 14.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) copy another app (c) ask possible users (d) pick a colour
  15. 15.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
  17. 17.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
  23. 23.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a library due-date alert (d) an app that just says hi
  24. 24.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
  27. 27.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  28. 28.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
  30. 30.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
  33. 33.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  34. 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  35. 35.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus
  37. 37.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a blank grey screen
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus

Answer key

  1. a free study-room finder
  2. losing water bottles
  3. a study-room finder
  4. a blank grey screen
  5. Yes
  6. No
  7. “Kids forget homework”
  8. 14
  9. a button with no action
  10. a library due-date alert
  11. hard to use
  12. Yes
  13. forgetting homework
  14. ask possible users
  15. False
  16. forgetting homework
  17. False
  18. 29
  19. 50
  20. forgetting birthdays
  21. forgetting birthdays
  22. 8
  23. an app that just says hi
  24. False
  25. Yes
  26. 6
  27. Yes
  28. Yes
  29. 32
  30. False
  31. True
  32. 66
  33. No
  34. a bill splitter
  35. False
  36. missing the bus
  37. a lost-and-found board
  38. 18
  39. 5
  40. missing the bus

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