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