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WorksheetsDigital Citizenship Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What guidelines can you teach your students to create a strong password?
Use complex and extremely long numeric series
Use a combination of letters, symbols and numbers, and make it 8-9 characters long
Use random letters and numbers
Use a difficult word from the dictionary
Now that you are a password expert, choose the strongest password from this list:
Football123
ImA@SF#11
uhuo$
25041990
Strong passwords can be difficult to remember—what can you teach your students to make them easier to remember? (Check all that apply.)
Use a password manager
Write down your passwords on a piece of paper and store it in a safe place
Send yourself an email with your login information
Create a passphrase
When choosing a new password, what’s the best advice you can give your students?
Add a number or special character at the end of your old password
Pick something easy to remember such as your birthday or pet’s name
Choose the next consecutive number from your old password
Create a new and different passphrase that is easy for you to remember
What is two-factor authentication? (Check all that apply.)
An extra layer of security for your account
A security method that requires two steps to log into your account
An encryption method
A service to store and share passwords safely
Which of the following actions can help your students protect their mobile devices? Check all that apply:
Lock the screen with a strong PIN or pattern
Install system updates when available
Click on websites that tell you that your phone is infected
Never connect to a Wi-Fi network outside your home
What advice can you give your students to avoid unwanted or potentially dangerous downloads? Check all that apply:
Download from reputable sources, like the official app store on their phone
Check the size of the file that they want to download
Check the reviews and comments from other users before downloading an app
Do not click on ads or websites that claim that the phone is infected
What would you tell your students not to do when connected to a public WiFi network?
Entering username and password, for example to log into email or social network account
Online banking
Entering credit card details
All of the above
What’s the risk of entering or sending personal information when connected to a network they do not know or trust?
Nothing can go wrong
Personal information can be intercepted
5. When is it important for your students to remember to log out of their account?
After using a public computer at the library
After borrowing someone else’s device, e.g., a friend’s tablet
After using a public WiFi network
All of the above
1. What should students look for on a website to help them decide if the information is reliable?
Author’s name
Publication date
Author’s qualifications
All of the above
2. It’s important to teach students to contrast at least 3 sources of information when reading about:
Today’s news and recent world events
Historical events
Health-related information
All types of information, regardless of topic
3. Choose the statement that best reflects how to identify dubious sources of information:
Dubious information is generally hosted on suspicious-looking sites
If you can find the author’s name, the information is likely to be reliable
Ask where, who, what, when questions and contrast at least 3 sources of information
Find the date of publication and trust only the latest information
4. If one of your students finds an anonymous article online that they wish to quote in an essay, what would you advise them to do?
Contrast the information with additional sources by qualified authors, determine if it’s reliable, and quote the qualified authors
Quote the anonymous article without contrasting the information, but make it clear that it came from an “anonymous” or “unknown” author
Immediately conclude that the article contains dubious information
If you notice that your students rely heavily on a single source of information, how might you go about encouraging them to be critical thinkers?
Ask them to no longer use that source of information
Ask them to check a minimum of 3 sources of information, including an opposing viewpoint
Make sure that the single source of information they use is legitimate
