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