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