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