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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 9 · 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?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
  3. 3.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) easy to build (c) hard to use (d) very small
  4. 4.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
  9. 9.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
  10. 10.💡 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
  11. 11.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  14. 14.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
  18. 18.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.💡 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
  20. 20.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a button with no action
  21. 21.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes     (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  24. 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  25. 25.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a free study-room finder
  26. 26.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  27. 27.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
  30. 30.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    missing the bus: 23 votes
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  37. 37.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 13 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 12 votes

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. 31
  3. hard to use
  4. a problem to solve
  5. No
  6. Yes
  7. False
  8. 22
  9. the most common need
  10. ask possible users
  11. Yes
  12. No
  13. forgetting birthdays
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. 59
  18. True
  19. a homework planner
  20. a button with no action
  21. a library due-date alert
  22. 13
  23. forgetting homework
  24. a study-room finder
  25. a free study-room finder
  26. a lost-and-found board
  27. False
  28. False
  29. 34
  30. Yes
  31. 9
  32. 4
  33. 40
  34. forgetting homework
  35. 3
  36. missing the bus
  37. “Kids forget homework”
  38. 3
  39. 6
  40. 6

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