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.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the font size? (a) UI (b) UX
- 2.True or false: the button colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) the button colours (c) the screen layout (d) the font size
- 4.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 5.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) real users (b) the app icon (c) only yourself (d) nobody
- 6.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) better UX (b) a bigger app (c) more colours (d) worse UX
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7.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Results
Design B: Home → Search → Shop → Cart → Pay (a) Design A (b) Design B -
8.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Cart → Menu → Pens → Address → Shop → Search
Design B: Home → Size → Shop → Menu → Confirm → Pay (a) Design A (b) Design B - 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how many taps it takes (b) how fast a task is done (c) the theme colours (d) whether users get lost
- 10.True or false: the font size is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: the screen layout is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
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12.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Address → Search → Shop → Pens → Size → Item
Design B: Home → Pens → Cart → Confirm → Offers - 13.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the font size (c) how users feel after (d) how many taps it takes
- 14.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the button colours? (a) UX (b) UI
- 15.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the theme colours? (a) UX (b) UI
- 16.True or false: the screen layout is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
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17.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Cart
Design B: Home → Confirm → Offers → Results → Item → Pay - 18.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UI (b) UX
- 19.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how users feel after (b) the screen layout (c) how many taps it takes (d) whether users get lost
- 20.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how users feel after (c) how many taps it takes (d) the theme colours
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21.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Shop → Search → Offers
Design B: Home → Pens → Offers → Menu → Search (a) Design A (b) Design B -
22.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Cart → Address → Offers → Shop → Results → Search
Design B: Home → Confirm → Search → Item → Menu → Results (a) Design A (b) Design B - 23.🎨 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
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24.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Search → Item → Pay → Shop → Results
Design B: Home → Pay → Offers → Cart → Search → Pens → Item -
25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Size → Cart
Design B: Home → Cart → Confirm → Pay → Menu → Offers (a) Design B (b) Design A - 26.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) how users feel after (c) the icon shapes (d) the button colours
- 27.🎨 UX stands for user ___. (a) experience (b) express (c) example (d) extra
- 28.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how many taps it takes? (a) UX (b) UI
- 29.True or false: whether users get lost is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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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 → Offers → Shop
Design B: Home → Pens → Shop → Cart -
31.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Size → Pay
Design B: Home → Offers → Item → Results -
32.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Item → Shop → Pay → Size → Cart → Pens
Design B: Home → Menu → Confirm - 33.True or false: the icon shapes is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Item → Offers → Shop
Design B: Home → Results → Pay - 35.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) internet (b) idea (c) input (d) interface
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36.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Pay → Shop → Size
Design B: Home → Shop → Results (a) Design B (b) Design A -
37.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Pens
Design B: Home → Shop → Pens → Pay → Menu → Search (a) Design B (b) Design A - 38.True or false: whether users get lost is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
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39.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pens → Pay → Address → Menu → Size → Confirm
Design B: Home → Pay → Size - 40.True or false: the font size is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- UI
- False
- how many taps it takes
- False
- real users
- better UX
- Design A
- Design B
- the theme colours
- False
- False
- 2
- the font size
- UI
- UI
- True
- 3
- UI
- the screen layout
- the theme colours
- Design A
- Design B
- good UI but poor UX
- 6
- Design A
- how users feel after
- experience
- UX
- True
- 1
- 3
- 4
- False
- 2
- interface
- Design B
- Design A
- False
- 4
- True
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