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