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