WorksheetsGCE1: Digital Citizenship
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What guidelines can you teach your students to create a strong password?
a)
Use complex and extremely long numeric series
b)
Use a combination of letters, symbols and numbers, and make it 8-9 characters long
c)
Use random letters and numbers
d)
Use a difficult word from the dictionary
2.
Now that you are a password expert, choose the strongest password from this list:
a)
Football123
b)
ImA@SF#11
c)
uhuo$
d)
25041990
3.
Strong passwords can be difficult to remember—what can you teach your students to make them easier to remember? (Check all that apply.)
a)
Use a password manager
b)
Write down your passwords on a piece of paper and store it in a safe place
c)
Send yourself an email with your login information
d)
Create a passphrase
4.
When choosing a new password, what’s the best advice you can give your students? r
a)
Add a number or special character at the end of your old password
b)
Pick something easy to remember such as your birthday or pet’s name
c)
Choose the next consecutive number from your old password
d)
Create a new and different passphrase that is easy for you to remembe
5.
What would you tell your students not to do when connected to a public WiFi network?
a)
Entering username and password, for example to log into email or social network account
b)
Online banking
c)
Entering credit card details
d)
All of the above
6.
What’s the risk of entering or sending personal information when connected to a network they do not know or trust?
a)
Nothing can go wrong
b)
Personal information can be intercepted
7.
What should students look for on a website to help them decide if the information is reliable?
a)
Author’s name
b)
Publication date
c)
Author’s qualifications
d)
All of the above
8.
It’s important to teach students to contrast at least 3 sources of information when reading about:
a)
Today’s news and recent world events
b)
Historical events
c)
Health-related information
d)
All types of information, regardless of topic
9.
Choose the statement that best reflects how to identify dubious sources of information:
a)
Dubious information is generally hosted on suspicious-looking sites
b)
If you can find the author’s name, the information is likely to be reliable2
c)
Ask where, who, what, when questions and contrast at least 3 sources of information
d)
Find the date of publication and trust only the latest information
10.
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?
a)
Contrast the information with additional sources by qualified authors, determine if it’s reliable, and quote the qualified authors
b)
Quote the anonymous article without contrasting the information, but make it clear that it came from an “anonymous” or “unknown” author
c)
Immediately conclude that the article contains dubious information
11.
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?
a)
Ask them to no longer use that source of information
b)
Ask them to check a minimum of 3 sources of information, including an opposing viewpoint
c)
Make sure that the single source of information they use is legitimate
12.
What is social engineering?
a)
Content that tricks you into revealing personal information, like your password or credit card number
b)
The correct use of social networks
13.
What are some common tactics that scammers use to steal personal information?
a)
Create a sense of urgency, asking you to act quickly before something bad happens or before you miss out on a special deal
b)
Create websites that look like sites you already use
c)
Fake the “From” address in an email to make it look like it’s from someone you know
d)
All of the above
14.
What does the “s” in https indicate?
a)
That the connection is encrypted and secure
b)
That the connection isn’t secure
15.
Can a website or an ad detect if your computer is infected?
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
What should you advise your students to do if they receive a suspicious email from an email provider or company?
a)
Click the reply button and request more information
b)
Open a new window, type in the official website of the email provider or company, and find the contact email address
c)
Forward email to someone you trust and ask for their opinion
17.
Before entering personal information on a webpage, what checks would you recommend your students to perform?
a)
Check that the page’s URL starts with https
b)
Check that the page’s URL is preceded by a green padlock
c)
Check that the URL is correct
d)
All of the above
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