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