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WorksheetsYear 8 ICT Assessment
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of these is personal information you should never post online?
Your favourite song
Your home address
The colour of your school bag
A photo of your pet
What does oversharing mean?
Posting a very large photo file
Sharing too much personal information or details about yourself online
Sending the same message to two people
Posting only during holidays
What is a digital footprint?
A record of the websites you visited that disappears after one day
All the information and posts about you that appear online and leave a trail
A type of password manager
The number of friends you have online
Maya gets a message from someone she doesn’t know asking for her password. According to the rules, what should she do?
Give the password because they seem friendly
Tell a trusted adult and not share the password
Share it with one friend first to test trust
Change the password to “password” so it’s easy to remember
What does the s in https:// mean?
That the website is slow
Secure — the connection uses encryption
That the site is for students only
That the site is free to use
Which is an example of phishing?
A friend sending a homework file
An email that looks like your bank asking you to enter your login details on a fake page
A teacher posting a class video
A vlogger uploading a new episode
Nmesoma finds a link in a message offering free game credits that looks suspicious. Best action?
Click the link to claim the credits quickly
Copy the link and send it to everyone in class
Ignore it and tell a trusted adult or check the company’s official website first
Reply with your password to speed things up
What is catfishing?
Posting too many cat photos
Creating a fake identity online to trick people
A software that blocks fake accounts
A safe way to meet new friends online
Which item is safe to share publicly ?
Your passwords
Your credit card number
A photo of an art project
Your home address
Smishing tries to trick people using:
Social media posts only
Emails or Text messages
Printed flyers
In-class announcements
What is a cookie on websites?
A virus that deletes your files
A bit of text a site stores on your device to remember you or track activity
A small image only used in blogs
A password manager built into the browser
Which person should be an upstander during cyberbullying?
The bully who sends mean messages
Someone who sees bullying and reports it or helps the victim
A bystander who watches and shares the insults
Someone who records so they can laugh later
In programming Photon, what does a loop do?
Turns off the robot after one command
Repeats a command or group of commands several times
Deletes the robot’s memory
Connects Photon to the internet automatically
Emeka programmed Photon to move in a square but it turned too early. What is the best debugging step?
Compare the commands Emeka wrote with what happened and check turn angles/timing
Throw the robot away and buy a new one
Post a video of the mistake without checking code
Add more lights to distract from the error
Which of the following describes tracking?
Apps and sites following your activity across the web after placing cookies
The robot’s wheels tracking on the floor
Your teacher taking attendance in class
Turning off location services on your phone
You should never share your passwords with friends or siblings.
True
False
A message that sounds “too good to be true” is often a sign of a scam and should be treated with caution.
True
False
Framing means you must always hide every part of your life online.
True
False
It is okay to post your full name and home address on public forums if you want more followers.
True
False
A hacker is someone who gains unauthorized access to devices or data.
True
False
Two-step verification usually makes your account less secure.
True
False
Empathy means trying to understand how another person feels, which helps in being kind online.
True
False
If Photon’s behaviour is wrong, you should change many things at once so you can fix it faster.
True
False
If you see cyberbullying, being an upstander means reporting the victim.
True
False
