WorksheetsU3C2 Privacy and Security Test Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
When people send you phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information.
Plagiarizing
Skimming
Phishing
Identity Theft
Lucy finds a message on her phone that she thinks might be a scam. What should she do?
Delete the message
Click Accept
Forward the message to her friends to see what they think.
Reply and ask the sender not to send more mail.
What's the most common way scammers use phishing?
Scams through websites
Scams through phone calls
Scams through email/text
all of the above
Never give this out over the phone, through email or on the Internet. It is info about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you.
Free money
personal information
baseball scores
tomorrow's lunch choices
How can you detect a phishing scam?
The email ends with @paypal.co.uk
The company's logo is on the email.
The email is sent directly to you.
The email asks for info the company should have.
Which is NOT a phishing feature?
sense of urgency
link to website
addressed to you directly
generic greeting
What is the best way to avoid phishing?
Be skeptical about online requests for personal information.
Do not share your email address.
Stay off social media.
Use the same password for your accounts.
If you receive a suspicious email, you should
Open it and click on any links.
reply to the sender asking them to leave you alone.
delete the email without opening it.
delete your email account.
A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity is:
Identification
Burglary
Identity theft
Digital Larceny
Why would an identity thief most likely want to steal your information?
To imitate you in chat rooms and on message boards.
To access your bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial resources.
to send you emails advertising stuff you'd never want.
to send viruses out from your email account.
When a person is in a position that makes it easier for him/her to be harmed or attacked:
phishing
identity theft
scam
vulnerable
People who scam others online don't always have to get money from them directly. Instead, they use a variety of strategies to trick people into giving out private information.
True
False
Which of the following are possible consequences of identity theft? Check two.
Someone could apply for credit cards or loans in your name.
You would no longer be able to be you.
Someone could create false identification documents using your private information.
Someone could give you a lot of money.
Which of the following are clues that a message or email might be phishing? Check three.
It's from someone you don't know personally.
It's from a "friend in trouble".
There's a sense of urgency.
There are spelling and grammar errors.
Companies use information to learn your prefernces so they can make recommendations of thing you may like. They also may sell this information to advertisers and other companies. If you're not comfortable with this kind of tracking, you can turn cookies off if your privacy settings.
True
False
How might a company use consumer data it had collected?
To decide what types of products it should make.
To decide where to open a new store.
To decided how much to charge for their products.
All of the above.
Select three ways you can limit what is tracked about you.
Limit what you share.
Use only your email to sign up for a website.
Turn off cookies.
Adjust privacy settings.
Josh wants to sign up for a gaming website. It will allow him to download games. He can't find a privacy policy. Should he join the website?
Sure, you know how much Josh likes to play games.
Yes there's not much personal information that Josh shares by playing.
No, Josh could be sharing all sorts of information that he doesn't want to. Without understanding the privacy policy, he won't know what they collect and why.
Which of the following defines what privacy policy is?
a legal document that an app or website must provide which describes what user information they collect and how they use it
a legal document that an app or website must provide which describes the rules that the company and users must obey when they use the app
choices a website or app provides users about what information is collected and visible to others
All of the following are helpful tips for protecting your digital privacy, except:
Review the privacy policy and terms of service.
Turn cookies on in your browser settings.
Review the app's privacy settings and opt out of any sharing options you're not comfortable with.
Use ASK (What accessed, shared, and known) to analyze how using the app will affect your privacy.
What are small text files stored on a computer that keep track of what a person does on a website?
Internet scam
data
cookies
consumer
Facts and statistics collected together to be used for different purposes is:
cookies
data
internet scam
curiosity gap
What is an attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information.
internet scam
consumer
data
cookies
A person who buys products or services to use is called a
consumer
data
scammer
gap
Companies want to know what their customers like to do, which sites they visit and which other products they buy. This is called
privacy
targeted advertising
opt out
behavioral data
To "opt out" is to
play a game
choose not to participate in something
go outside
complete all your assignments
This provides protection from being observed or tracked by others, including the government, the public, or selected individuals or groups:
behavioral data
terms of service
opt out
privacy
What is the legal document that an app or website must provide which describes the rules that the company and users must obey when they use the app?
Terms of service
privacy
data
opt out
The choices a website or app provides users about what information is collected and visible to others is called:
Terms of services
Privacy settings
Behavioral Data
Targeted Advertising
What is targeted advertising?
Commercials from Target
Using information collected about you to show you certain types of advertisements.
Advertisements that protect your privacy.
A legal document.
What is a web address that ha been condensed and which could potentially mislead a user into getting into a risky website?
Shortened URL
Consumer
Sense of urgency
Data
