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