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WorksheetsCOMPUTING Online Safety (Phishing, Malware, Viruses, Plagiarism)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is 'phishing'?
Trying to catch a fish
Sending messages to steal personal details
Software that causes computer failure
A website where you can input information
What is 'Malware'?
Games and puzzle apps
A game that includes bad guys
Software that helps your computer
Software designed to cause a virus or steal data
What is a computer virus?
A disease that you can catch from working with a computer
Information that is stored by a website
Software that copies itself. It destroys and steals data.
A problem with your software
What are website cookies?
A file that you download
Information about you that is stored by a website
A delicious baked treat in the shape of a computer
A menu to navigate a wesbite
What is a secure website?
A government website
A website where you can safely input personal information
A website that you need a login for
The police website
What is the usual symbol for a secure website?
a key
a shoe
a padlock
an exclamation mark
What is plagiarism?
Stealing someone's data
Stealing someone's work and claiming it is your own
Stealing someone's bank details
Stealing someone's login details
What can happen if you plagiarise?
Nothing: everyone does it every now and then
You might lose your driving license
You can be expelled from college or get in trouble with the police
You might be grounded
How can you avoid plagiarism?
Make sure you don't get caught
Make sure you remove any highlighting so that you don't get found out
Make sure that you change the title
Make sure that you always rewrite in your own words and cite your sources
What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for?
(S)ort
(M)essages
(A)llowing
(R)euse
(T)ips
(S)tay Safe
Never (M)eet
(A)ccepting files
(R)eliable
(T)ell
(S)tart
(M)illions
(A)fter
(R)obots
(T)own
(S)low
(M)agazine
(A)lways
(R)espect
(T)rips
