App Dev Worksheet: UI vs UX
Developer's tip (Look and feel): UI (user interface) = the look: colours, fonts, icons, layout. UX (user experience) = how it feels: easy, fast, not confusing. Count taps: each arrow in a path is one tap; fewer taps for the same task = better UX.
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- 1.True or false: the font size is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) the button colours (c) how users feel after (d) whether users get lost
- 3.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) whether users get lost (b) how fast a task is done (c) the icon shapes (d) how easy sign-up is
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4.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Item → Search → Menu → Results → Cart
Design B: Home → Pens → Confirm → Shop -
5.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Size
Design B: Home → Item → Menu → Size → Results → Search → Confirm (a) Design A (b) Design B - 6.True or false: how users feel after is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
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7.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Shop → Cart → Menu → Search → Results
Design B: Home → Pens → Shop → Menu - 8.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: whether users get lost? (a) UX (b) UI
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9.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Search → Cart → Address
Design B: Home → Offers → Item → Shop → Confirm - 10.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UX but poor UI (b) no UI at all (c) good UI but poor UX (d) perfect UX
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11.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Size
Design B: Home → Search → Offers → Address → Cart (a) Design B (b) Design A -
12.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Offers → Shop
Design B: Home → Address → Shop → Confirm → Size → Item - 13.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the icon shapes (b) the screen layout (c) how users feel after (d) the theme colours
- 14.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) nobody (b) the app icon (c) only yourself (d) real users
- 15.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) worse UX (b) more colours (c) a bigger app (d) better UX
- 16.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how fast a task is done? (a) UX (b) UI
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how users feel after (b) the font size (c) how easy sign-up is (d) how many taps it takes
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18.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Results → Cart → Pens → Search → Pay
Design B: Home → Confirm → Pens → Address → Pay → Cart (a) Design B (b) Design A - 19.True or false: whether users get lost is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) whether users get lost (c) the screen layout (d) how fast a task is done
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21.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Results → Confirm → Size
Design B: Home → Shop → Item - 22.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UI (b) UX
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) how easy sign-up is (c) how users feel after (d) the button colours
- 24.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) the button colours (c) the icon shapes (d) how easy sign-up is
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25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pay → Menu → Pens → Item → Size
Design B: Home → Cart → Confirm → Pay (a) Design A (b) Design B -
26.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Cart → Offers → Search → Size
Design B: Home → Menu → Item - 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) whether users get lost (b) how easy sign-up is (c) how many taps it takes (d) the screen layout
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28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Results → Address → Item → Shop
Design B: Home → Shop → Item → Menu → Pay → Pens -
29.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Results → Menu
Design B: Home → Size → Pay → Offers → Results → Pens -
30.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Offers → Pay
Design B: Home → Item → Pens → Confirm (a) Design A (b) Design B - 31.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UI (b) UX
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32.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Size → Offers
Design B: Home → Menu → Offers → Pay → Search → Item → Size (a) Design B (b) Design A - 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) whether users get lost (b) how many taps it takes (c) how fast a task is done (d) the icon shapes
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34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Item → Cart → Offers → Address → Size
Design B: Home → Pay → Results - 35.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the button colours? (a) UX (b) UI
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how many taps it takes (c) the theme colours (d) how users feel after
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the icon shapes (c) the button colours (d) the theme colours
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38.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Pay → Address
Design B: Home → Offers → Item → Search → Confirm → Pay - 39.True or false: the icon shapes is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
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40.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Menu → Offers → Item
Design B: Home → Address → Pens → Size → Item → Pay → Shop
Answer key
- True
- the button colours
- the icon shapes
- 6
- Design A
- False
- 2
- UX
- 1
- good UI but poor UX
- Design A
- 5
- how users feel after
- real users
- better UX
- UX
- the font size
- Design B
- False
- the screen layout
- 3
- UI
- the button colours
- how easy sign-up is
- Design B
- 2
- the screen layout
- 1
- 3
- Design A
- UI
- Design A
- the icon shapes
- 2
- UI
- the theme colours
- how fast a task is done
- 5
- True
- 2
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