At the Ministry of Testing’s TestBash and Test.Bash() 2019 it was my pleasure to speak with people about accessibility through my quiz. This was a different version than my workshop quiz which I’ve been running as an independent interactive talk. It was designed so people could take it away then contact me later for the answers. The “prizes”, in my humble opinion were Knowledge, Inclusion and Empathy. But the real prize for me was getting to talk to lots of people about accessibility and hopefully getting people thinking about it more.
The quiz is listed in full below and after, if you want to play along first, I’ll note the key questions people answered incorrectly and then the full set of answers.
Un-Expo Software Quiz
Take the quiz and learn some interesting and shocking facts about accessibility.
Question 1: What % of pages have WCAG issues? (WebAIM million-page analysis)
A – 78% B – 88% C- 98%
Question 2: What is the top WCAG issue? (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)
A – Contrast B – Heading order C – Missing Alternative-text
Question 3: How many functionally illiterate* people are in UK/Europe? (in millions)
A – 25 B – 55 C – 75
Question 4: What % slower is reading all capital letters?
A – 5 B – 10% C – 15
Question 5: When is GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) each year?
A – 3rd Thursday in May B – 4th Tuesday in April C – 2nd Friday in June
Question 6: What % of Autistic Adults are in full-time paid employment?
A – 6 B – 11 C – 16
Question 7: What’s the most common accessibility issue when changing default colours on a website?
A - Zoom stops working B – Styling breaks C – Important content disappears
Question 8: What’s the most common way for a screen reader user to scan a new page?
Navigate through headings (67.5%) B -Navigate through links C – Use the find feature
Question 9: In a survey of screen reader users, what was the most problematic item?
A - Links or buttons that do not make sense
B – CAPTCHA images presenting text used to verify that you are a human user
C – Image with missing or improper descriptions (alt-text)
Question 10: For every 10 people with disabilities, how many were NOT born with it?
A – 4 B – 6 C – 8
* Functionally illiterate means lacking the literacy necessary for coping with most jobs and many everyday situations)
Quiz sources: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG); WebAIM.com million-page analysis; RNIB; European Blind Union; Eurostat; eli-net.eu;
Ok, so you have taken the quiz or jumped down the page. Here are the questions that seemed to have the biggest impacts on people.
98% of websites have an accessibility issue. It takes some getting your head around to think that so many websites have issues. We can and must do better.
The most common way for a screen reader user to scan a new page is via Headings. These are really important to help structure a page but vital for none sighted users. Make sure you are checking yours.
Finally, eight out of ten people with disabilities are not born with them. They have life events or illness. This means that anyone of us can become a person with disabilities at any time.
So, here are the rest of the answers. I hope you enjoyed the quiz but if you have any questions, please let me know.
Answers: C, A, B, B, A, C, C, A, B, C
Answers: C, A, B, B, A, C, C, A, B, C