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