Digital Literacy - Final Assessment

Evaluate which scenario is the most dangerous to your computer when using the Internet.

• Immediate access to years of information and millions of resources.

• Tracking your location through pictures you’ve posted online.

• Accidentally downloading a virus from an adware popup.

• Receiving offers from businesses in your inbox.

Predict where you would most likely find a super computer.

• In the home

• In a middle school classroom

• In a government office

• In a local small business

Select the most commonly used output device.

• Monitor

• Printer

• Keyboard

• Mouse

Point out a computer network.

• An arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.

• A group or system of interconnected people talking over the internet.

• Two or more computers and other devices that are connected for the purpose of sharing data and programs.

• A chain of radio or television broadcasting stations linked by wire or microwave relay.

What are the primary hardware components of a computer?

• Mouse, Keyboard, Motherboard, Operating System

• Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Central Processing Unit

• RAM, Cloud Storage, Motherboard, Operating System

• RAM, ROM, Central Processing Unit, Cloud Storage

Jane has been multitasking to increase her productivity and is running ten different programs on her computer. Her main focus is trying to finish a report she is writing using a word processor, but her computer is lagging. What can Jane do to increase the performance of her computer so that she can complete her report faster?

• Wait half an hour to give the computer a break and try again.

• Disable her anti-virus software.

• Run a system configuration.

• Close any programs she is not currently using.

Predict what will happen to the data stored in the RAM if the power suddenly goes out.

• Nothing will happen to your data. RAM is permanent memory.

• Nothing will happen to your data. RAM is temporary memory.

• You will lose all of your work. RAM is temporary memory.

• You will lose all of your work. RAM is permanent memory.

Identify educational programs/software/apps:

• Dropbox, Google Calendar, Facebook

• Skype, Gmail, Instagram

• EduTyping, Google Classroom, Canvas

• YouTube, Pandora, Minecraft

Choose which internet connection has the least bandwidth?

• Cable

• Fiber Optics

• Dial-up

• DSL

Jim’s laptop was wirelessly connected to the internet at McDonald’s, but for some reason it isn’t connecting anymore. Troubleshoot his first step to get back online:

• Make sure the ethernet cable is plugged into the back of the computer

• Call McDonald’s internet service provider

• Reboot the laptop

• Try disconnecting and then reconnecting to the WiFi