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