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.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) worse UX (b) better UX (c) more colours (d) a bigger app
- 3.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the button colours? (a) UX (b) UI
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4.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Search → Confirm → Address → Item → Results
Design B: Home → Shop → Pens -
5.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Search → Shop → Confirm
Design B: Home → Pens → Item → Address → Offers → Pay (a) Design A (b) Design B -
6.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Pens
Design B: Home → Offers → Shop → Size -
7.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Results → Address → Size → Offers
Design B: Home → Address → Shop -
8.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pens → Cart → Menu → Offers → Search
Design B: Home → Confirm → Size - 9.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UX (b) UI
- 10.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the icon shapes (b) the button colours (c) how fast a task is done (d) the font size
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11.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Menu → Item → Pens
Design B: Home → Size → Pay → Offers - 12.True or false: the icon shapes is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the screen layout (b) the icon shapes (c) the button colours (d) how fast a task is done
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14.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Pay → Results → Offers → Pens
Design B: Home → Shop → Pay → Menu → Item → Size → Offers -
15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Item → Shop → Address → Offers
Design B: Home → Offers → Pens → Shop → Address → Menu → Search (a) Design A (b) Design B - 16.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how users feel after (c) how fast a task is done (d) the button colours
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17.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Address → Shop
Design B: Home → Shop → Confirm → Item → Address → Menu (a) Design B (b) Design A - 18.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UI (b) UX
- 19.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) interface (b) input (c) idea (d) internet
- 20.True or false: how fast a task is done is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the theme colours? (a) UX (b) UI
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22.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Results
Design B: Home → Pay → Results → Menu (a) Design B (b) Design A - 23.True or false: how users feel after is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 24.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UI but poor UX (b) no UI at all (c) perfect UX (d) good UX but poor UI
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the screen layout (b) how easy sign-up is (c) the button colours (d) the font size
- 26.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how easy sign-up is? (a) UI (b) UX
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27.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Item → Pay → Address → Confirm → Shop
Design B: Home → Results → Item -
28.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Pens → Item → Cart
Design B: Home → Shop → Results → Pens → Pay → Cart -
29.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Offers → Menu → Size → Pens → Results
Design B: Home → Shop → Menu (a) Design A (b) Design B - 30.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) how users feel after (c) the screen layout (d) whether users get lost
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) how many taps it takes (c) the button colours (d) how users feel after
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how users feel after (b) the button colours (c) the screen layout (d) the icon shapes
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33.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Results
Design B: Home → Pens → Pay → Menu -
34.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Offers → Results → Cart → Shop
Design B: Home → Confirm → Cart - 35.True or false: how users feel after is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: the button colours is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
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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 → Item → Confirm
Design B: Home → Item → Address → Pay → Shop → Menu → Size - 38.True or false: the screen layout 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 → Pay → Size → Menu → Results → Search → Shop
Design B: Home → Size → Offers → Shop → Pens - 40.🎨 UX stands for user ___. (a) express (b) experience (c) example (d) extra
Answer key
- UI
- better UX
- UI
- 2
- Design A
- 2
- 2
- 3
- UI
- how fast a task is done
- 1
- False
- how fast a task is done
- 6
- Design A
- the button colours
- Design A
- UI
- interface
- False
- UI
- Design A
- True
- good UI but poor UX
- how easy sign-up is
- UX
- 4
- 2
- Design B
- the screen layout
- the button colours
- how users feel after
- 2
- 3
- False
- False
- 4
- True
- 2
- experience
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