Digital Literacy Review

Lena receives an e-mail message from an online computer store offering her a new laptop at a very low price. She clicks the hyperlink in the message to open the Web page. The page requests her credit card details, and she enters her credit card number. After a few days, Lena finds that more money has been withdrawn from her credit card than she specified and that she did not receive the laptop. Lena realizes that she has been tricked by someone who created a site that looks like the actual computer store, but is not the official site for the computer store. Which one of the following terms refers to the type of attack described in this scenario?

• Decoding
• Encryption
• Phishing
• Spying

Foster is creating his own Web site. While browsing the Internet, he finds some images that he wants to use on his site.Which of the following options indicates an ethical way for Foster to use the images on his site?

• Save the images on his computer
• Copy the images and reduce their size
• Obtain permission from the copyright owner, if required
• Cut only the required portion of the images

Roberto copies an article from a magazine and uses it for his new book on computers. However, he fails to obtain permission from the magazine publisher. What kind of an action is this?

• cyberlibel
• Plagiarism
• gambling
• Slander

What is cyberbullying?

• the use of technology to harass, embarass or target another person

• to harass another person

• to post something mean

True or False: Your online actions can have real-world consequences.

• True

• False

Define digital literacy.

• The ability to read and write in your native language

• The ability to identify and understand the role of math in the world.

• The ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information

• The ability to decipher and understand foreign languages.

The first result on an Internet search is usually all a person needs to get an answer to a question.

• True

• False

It is important to know the background (education, experience, etc.) of the author of the information you are reading.

• True

• False

I can copy and paste any picture from the Internet into one of my projects without permission from the creator.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of digital footprints?

• your search history

• all photos and videos including deleted ones

• your deleted text messages

• all of the above