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