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