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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) more colours (b) a bigger app (c) worse UX (d) better UX
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2.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Search → Confirm → Address
Design B: Home → Search → Confirm → Cart → Offers → Menu → Shop - 3.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: the button colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the icon shapes (b) how many taps it takes (c) how users feel after (d) whether users get lost
- 6.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how fast a task is done? (a) UX (b) UI
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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 → Size
Design B: Home → Size → Address → Search → Menu → Shop → Pens -
8.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Offers → Menu → Search → Pay
Design B: Home → Pay → Search → Pens → Menu → Address (a) Design B (b) Design A - 9.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how easy sign-up is? (a) UX (b) UI
- 10.True or false: the button colours is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the screen layout (b) the button colours (c) how many taps it takes (d) the theme colours
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12.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Item → Confirm → Results → Shop → Address
Design B: Home → Address → Shop → Search → Offers (a) Design B (b) Design A -
13.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Offers → Address → Size → Menu → Confirm
Design B: Home → Offers → Cart -
14.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Confirm → Item → Menu
Design B: Home → Shop → Pay → Confirm -
15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Item → Menu → Confirm → Results → Search
Design B: Home → Item → Menu -
16.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Results → Address → Size → Cart → Shop
Design B: Home → Shop → Cart → Offers (a) Design A (b) Design B - 17.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UI (b) UX
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the screen layout (b) the font size (c) the button colours (d) how users feel after
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19.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Offers → Shop → Item → Search
Design B: Home → Offers → Pens → Address (a) Design A (b) Design B - 20.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how fast a task is done (b) how easy sign-up is (c) how many taps it takes (d) the icon shapes
- 21.True or false: the font size is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
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22.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Shop → Results → Menu → Address
Design B: Home → Pens → Size - 23.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) nobody (b) the app icon (c) real users (d) only yourself
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24.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Shop → Menu → Address
Design B: Home → Cart → Menu - 25.True or false: the theme colours is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
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26.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Results → Address → Pay → Menu → Item
Design B: Home → Pay → Pens → Offers - 27.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UI but poor UX (b) no UI at all (c) perfect UX (d) good UX but poor UI
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28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Shop → Menu → Cart → Search → Offers
Design B: Home → Shop → Pens - 29.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) the icon shapes (c) the font size (d) the button colours
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30.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pens → Offers → Menu
Design B: Home → Shop → Results → Offers → Pay - 31.True or false: how many taps it takes is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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32.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Menu → Address → Pay → Size → Item
Design B: Home → Item → Search → Confirm → Pens → Pay → Results - 33.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) idea (b) input (c) internet (d) interface
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34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Shop → Pens → Offers
Design B: Home → Address → Pay → Cart → Offers → Item → Pens - 35.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: whether users get lost? (a) UX (b) UI
- 36.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UI (b) UX
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the icon shapes (b) the button colours (c) how fast a task is done (d) the theme colours
- 38.True or false: how many taps it takes is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
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39.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Menu → Address
Design B: Home → Results → Size → Pay → Search → Offers - 40.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the icon shapes (b) whether users get lost (c) the button colours (d) the font size
Answer key
- better UX
- 3
- False
- False
- the icon shapes
- UX
- 4
- Design A
- UX
- True
- how many taps it takes
- Design B
- 5
- 1
- 2
- Design B
- UI
- how users feel after
- Design B
- the icon shapes
- True
- 2
- real users
- 3
- False
- 5
- good UI but poor UX
- 6
- how easy sign-up is
- 1
- True
- 6
- interface
- 3
- UX
- UI
- how fast a task is done
- False
- 3
- whether users get lost
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