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