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COMPUTING Online Safety (Phishing, Malware, Viruses, Plagiarism)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is 'phishing'?

a)

Trying to catch a fish

b)

Sending messages to steal personal details

c)

Software that causes computer failure

d)

A website where you can input information

2.

What is 'Malware'?

a)

Games and puzzle apps

b)

A game that includes bad guys

c)

Software that helps your computer

d)

Software designed to cause a virus or steal data

3.

What is a computer virus?

a)

A disease that you can catch from working with a computer

b)

Information that is stored by a website

c)

Software that copies itself. It destroys and steals data.

d)

A problem with your software

4.

What are website cookies?

a)

A file that you download

b)

Information about you that is stored by a website

c)

A delicious baked treat in the shape of a computer

d)

A menu to navigate a wesbite

5.

What is a secure website?

a)

A government website

b)

A website where you can safely input personal information

c)

A website that you need a login for

d)

The police website

6.

What is the usual symbol for a secure website?

a)

a key

b)

a shoe

c)

a padlock

d)

an exclamation mark

7.

What is plagiarism?

a)

Stealing someone's data

b)

Stealing someone's work and claiming it is your own

c)

Stealing someone's bank details

d)

Stealing someone's login details

8.

What can happen if you plagiarise?

a)

Nothing: everyone does it every now and then

b)

You might lose your driving license

c)

You can be expelled from college or get in trouble with the police

d)

You might be grounded

9.

How can you avoid plagiarism?

a)

Make sure you don't get caught

b)

Make sure you remove any highlighting so that you don't get found out

c)

Make sure that you change the title

d)

Make sure that you always rewrite in your own words and cite your sources

10.

What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for?

a)

(S)ort

(M)essages

(A)llowing

(R)euse

(T)ips

b)

(S)tay Safe

Never (M)eet

(A)ccepting files

(R)eliable

(T)ell

c)

(S)tart

(M)illions

(A)fter

(R)obots

(T)own

d)

(S)low

(M)agazine

(A)lways

(R)espect

(T)rips