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.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) a bigger app (b) more colours (c) better UX (d) worse UX
- 2.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the button colours (b) the font size (c) the theme colours (d) how fast a task is done
- 3.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) the font size (b) whether users get lost (c) how easy sign-up is (d) how fast a task is done
- 4.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how users feel after? (a) UX (b) UI
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the theme colours (b) the font size (c) how easy sign-up is (d) the screen layout
- 6.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: how many taps it takes? (a) UI (b) UX
- 7.True or false: the screen layout is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how users feel after (b) whether users get lost (c) the screen layout (d) how easy sign-up is
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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 → Offers → Search → Confirm
Design B: Home → Size → Offers → Address → Pay → Confirm → Results -
10.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Confirm → Shop → Cart → Offers → Results
Design B: Home → Offers → Pay → Shop → Cart → Size (a) Design A (b) Design B - 11.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UX (b) UI
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12.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Pay → Offers → Confirm
Design B: Home → Results → Offers (a) Design B (b) Design A -
13.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pay → Cart
Design B: Home → Item → Shop → Pens → Offers → Results (a) Design A (b) Design B - 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) whether users get lost (c) the icon shapes (d) how users feel after
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15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Cart → Search → Offers → Size → Results
Design B: Home → Item → Search → Menu → Address → Pay → Pens (a) Design B (b) Design A - 16.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the screen layout (b) the icon shapes (c) the font size (d) how users feel after
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17.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Size → Offers → Results
Design B: Home → Cart → Pay (a) Design B (b) Design A -
18.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Size
Design B: Home → Confirm → Cart → Menu → Item → Shop → Search (a) Design A (b) Design B -
19.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Results → Shop → Address
Design B: Home → Size → Menu → Item → Search → Shop - 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the font size (b) how users feel after (c) the icon shapes (d) the screen layout
- 21.True or false: how easy sign-up is is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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22.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Shop → Pens → Pay
Design B: Home → Pens → Confirm -
23.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Menu → Pens → Search
Design B: Home → Shop → Address - 24.🎨 UX stands for user ___. (a) extra (b) example (c) express (d) experience
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25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design B need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Address
Design B: Home → Confirm → Results → Item → Address → Search → Pens -
26.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Cart → Item → Search
Design B: Home → Size → Confirm → Cart → Item → Menu → Pens - 27.True or false: the font size is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the button colours (c) how easy sign-up is (d) how users feel after
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29.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Item → Search → Confirm → Pay → Size → Address
Design B: Home → Item → Results → Shop - 30.True or false: how users feel after is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: the theme colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how many taps it takes (b) the button colours (c) the screen layout (d) the font size
- 33.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) good UX but poor UI (b) no UI at all (c) perfect UX (d) good UI but poor UX
- 34.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) nobody (b) only yourself (c) real users (d) the app icon
- 35.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how fast a task is done (b) how many taps it takes (c) whether users get lost (d) the icon shapes
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36.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Menu → Address → Shop → Results → Pay
Design B: Home → Item → Size → Menu → Cart (a) Design B (b) Design A -
37.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Cart → Item → Pay → Search
Design B: Home → Pay → Offers → Address -
38.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Results → Menu → Pens
Design B: Home → Results → Size → Address → Menu (a) Design A (b) Design B -
39.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Search → Offers → Address → Pens
Design B: Home → Shop → Size → Cart → Offers → Pens → Pay -
40.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Size → Address → Offers → Menu
Design B: Home → Item → Confirm → Cart → Shop → Offers
Answer key
- better UX
- how fast a task is done
- the font size
- UX
- how easy sign-up is
- UX
- True
- the screen layout
- 3
- Design B
- UI
- Design B
- Design A
- the icon shapes
- Design A
- how users feel after
- Design B
- Design A
- 1
- how users feel after
- True
- 1
- 2
- experience
- 6
- 3
- False
- the button colours
- 3
- True
- False
- how many taps it takes
- good UI but poor UX
- real users
- the icon shapes
- Design B
- 2
- Design A
- 4
- 1
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