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