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.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UX (b) UI
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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 → Cart → Menu
Design B: Home → Shop → Pens → Address - 3.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how users feel after (c) the font size (d) how fast a task is done
- 4.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) the screen layout (c) how users feel after (d) how many taps it takes
- 5.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the theme colours (c) the icon shapes (d) the screen layout
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6.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Shop → Pens → Menu → Cart
Design B: Home → Search → Cart → Item → Menu → Shop → Address -
7.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Search → Menu
Design B: Home → Offers → Confirm -
8.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pay → Offers
Design B: Home → Size → Results → Confirm → Item → Offers (a) Design B (b) Design A - 9.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) whether users get lost (c) the button colours (d) how users feel after
- 10.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how users feel after? (a) UI (b) UX
- 11.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UI (b) UX
- 12.True or false: the screen layout is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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13.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Cart → Pens → Shop → Address
Design B: Home → Size → Item → Pay → Results → Address → Cart (a) Design A (b) Design B - 14.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) a bigger app (b) worse UX (c) more colours (d) better UX
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15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Offers
Design B: Home → Menu → Shop → Pay → Address -
16.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pay → Item → Address → Pens
Design B: Home → Pens → Search → Item → Menu → Offers → Shop - 17.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UI but poor UX (b) perfect UX (c) good UX but poor UI (d) no UI at all
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18.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Pay → Menu
Design B: Home → Search → Menu → Item → Address → Pens → Confirm -
19.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Offers → Pens
Design B: Home → Search → Results → Shop -
20.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Address → Size → Search → Cart
Design B: Home → Search → Cart → Shop → Confirm → Offers (a) Design A (b) Design B -
21.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Offers → Pens → Confirm
Design B: Home → Pay → Pens → Shop → Search → Menu - 22.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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23.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Results → Search → Menu → Confirm → Cart → Pay
Design B: Home → Pay → Size (a) Design A (b) Design B - 24.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the font size (b) the screen layout (c) how users feel after (d) the theme colours
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25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pay → Cart → Item → Address → Results
Design B: Home → Offers → Address (a) Design B (b) Design A - 26.True or false: the theme colours is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
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27.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Shop → Pay → Size → Menu → Address
Design B: Home → Size → Cart → Pens → Search (a) Design B (b) Design A -
28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Pay → Results → Confirm → Cart → Offers
Design B: Home → Shop → Menu → Confirm - 29.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) the button colours (c) how easy sign-up is (d) the theme colours
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30.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Address → Item → Shop → Pay → Pens → Confirm
Design B: Home → Shop → Size → Menu → Search -
31.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Shop
Design B: Home → Search → Size → Results → Pay → Menu → Shop (a) Design B (b) Design A -
32.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Item → Address → Pens → Results
Design B: Home → Size → Cart → Search → Shop → Confirm → Menu - 33.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how many taps it takes? (a) UX (b) UI
- 34.True or false: the button colours is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the font size (b) the theme colours (c) the screen layout (d) whether users get lost
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36.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Cart → Item
Design B: Home → Shop → Cart → Address → Pay → Search -
37.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pay → Results → Pens → Shop → Size → Menu
Design B: Home → Shop → Size → Confirm - 38.True or false: how users feel after is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: whether users get lost? (a) UX (b) UI
- 40.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the button colours? (a) UX (b) UI
Answer key
- UI
- 1
- the font size
- the screen layout
- how fast a task is done
- 1
- 2
- Design A
- the button colours
- UX
- UI
- False
- Design A
- better UX
- 2
- 4
- good UI but poor UX
- 3
- 1
- Design A
- 3
- True
- Design B
- how users feel after
- Design B
- True
- Design B
- 6
- how easy sign-up is
- 4
- Design A
- 2
- UX
- True
- whether users get lost
- 5
- 3
- False
- UX
- UI
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