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