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.True or false: the icon shapes is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the button colours? (a) UI (b) UX
- 3.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UX (b) UI
- 4.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) better UX (b) more colours (c) a bigger app (d) worse UX
- 5.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) the font size (c) the button colours (d) how users feel after
- 6.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) nobody (b) real users (c) only yourself (d) the app icon
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7.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Offers → Pay
Design B: Home → Menu → Pens → Item → Shop → Confirm (a) Design A (b) Design B -
8.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Cart → Search → Shop → Pens
Design B: Home → Pens → Search (a) Design A (b) Design B -
9.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Size → Address → Shop → Pens → Offers
Design B: Home → Shop → Results (a) Design A (b) Design B -
10.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Search → Item
Design B: Home → Pens → Item (a) Design A (b) Design B - 11.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) the theme colours (c) whether users get lost (d) how fast a task is done
- 12.True or false: how users feel after is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 13.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how users feel after (b) how easy sign-up is (c) how many taps it takes (d) the icon shapes
- 14.True or false: whether users get lost is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) whether users get lost (c) how easy sign-up is (d) the theme colours
- 16.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: whether users get lost? (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 B need?
Design A: Home → Pay → Cart → Results → Confirm
Design B: Home → Cart → Search - 19.True or false: the theme colours is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) idea (b) internet (c) interface (d) input
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21.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pay → Item → Offers → Shop → Menu
Design B: Home → Search → Menu → Cart → Results - 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) the theme colours (c) the font size (d) the screen layout
- 23.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how fast a task is done? (a) UX (b) UI
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24.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Offers → Shop → Address → Cart
Design B: Home → Search → Pay → Item -
25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Pay → Menu → Size → Address → Results
Design B: Home → Results → Menu → Size → Shop → Cart - 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the theme colours (b) the button colours (c) how users feel after (d) the icon shapes
- 27.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the icon shapes (b) the button colours (c) how many taps it takes (d) the screen layout
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28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Offers → Confirm
Design B: Home → Results → Search → Item → Confirm → Offers - 29.True or false: the font size is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: the theme colours is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) whether users get lost (b) how fast a task is done (c) how users feel after (d) the screen layout
- 32.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) the font size (c) whether users get lost (d) the icon shapes
- 33.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the font size? (a) UX (b) UI
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34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Cart → Shop → Item
Design B: Home → Cart → Pens - 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the button colours (b) whether users get lost (c) how many taps it takes (d) how easy sign-up is
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36.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Results → Pay
Design B: Home → Pens → Size → Shop → Item → Search → Pay (a) Design B (b) Design A -
37.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Shop → Pay → Size → Menu → Results → Confirm
Design B: Home → Search → Size → Cart - 38.True or false: whether users get lost is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 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
- 40.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UX (b) UI
Answer key
- False
- UI
- UI
- better UX
- how users feel after
- real users
- Design A
- Design B
- Design B
- Design B
- the theme colours
- True
- the icon shapes
- False
- the theme colours
- True
- UX
- 2
- False
- interface
- 1
- how easy sign-up is
- UX
- 1
- 5
- how users feel after
- how many taps it takes
- 2
- False
- True
- the screen layout
- whether users get lost
- UI
- 2
- the button colours
- Design A
- 3
- True
- good UI but poor UX
- UI
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