Cyber Citizenship Quiz questions

1. If you receive a call on Skype from an unknown user should you accept the call? Yes or No?

Yes

No

If you have video call on automatically and someone unknown calls you, they could show you something that you do not want to see.

Explanation

If you have video call on automatically and someone unknown calls you, they could show you something that you do not want to see.

2. Your friend asks you to give her your Facebook password; do you give it to her, yes or no?

Yes

No

You should never give anyone your password to anything online. They could say things, or post pictures from your page that is inappropriate. You could then get the blame for this, and you could end up in a whole lot of trouble.

Explanation

You should never give anyone your password to anything online. They could say things, or post pictures from your page that is inappropriate. You could then get the blame for this, and you could end up in a whole lot of trouble.

3. You have taken some awesome pictures of you and your friends at the beach. You want to upload them onto your Facebook page. What do you do to be a good cyber citizen?

You ask your friends if you can use the pictures

You go ahead and use the pictures

It is important to ask permission before putting up photos of others online because there may be something that they do not want the world or even friends to see and they have the right of deciding that.

Explanation

It is important to ask permission before putting up photos of others online because there may be something that they do not want the world or even friends to see and they have the right of deciding that.

4. You have a friend who says that they can break into any computer, they want you to help them break into the school computer. Do you do it? Yes or No?

Yes

No

It is never good to go into anybody’s computer system without their permission. You could find personal information that was never meant for you to see, delete important data or change something that you never had a right to, such as your results for a test. It is also illegal. If anyone ever asks you to help with a hacking operation turn them down, tell them it is wrong and it would also be a good thing to tell the person that owns the computer the were planning to hack into.

Explanation

It is never good to go into anybody’s computer system without their permission. You could find personal information that was never meant for you to see, delete important data or change something that you never had a right to, such as your results for a test. It is also illegal. If anyone ever asks you to help with a hacking operation turn them down, tell them it is wrong and it would also be a good thing to tell the person that owns the computer the were planning to hack into.

5. You are searching online when something pops up and goes, “You have just one a million dollars, click here to collect prize.” If you click on it you will actually win a million dollars, true or false?

True

False

People put these up to gain your attention so that you will press the button and download the virus.

Explanation

People put these up to gain your attention so that you will press the button and download the virus.

6. To be a good cyber citizen you must…

Never go on the internet

Use the internet wisely

Live on the internet

Always take caution when using the internet because you never know what is out there.

Explanation

Always take caution when using the internet because you never know what is out there.

7. A friend sends you a text saying bad things about another friend. The best thing to do is to tell an adult and get the person who sent the text to stop cyber bulling, yes or no?

Yes

No

Cyber bulling is a horrible thing, and we should take responsibility and do all we can to stop it. Even if we are just an observer and not the bully, we still have a responisbility to help the victim.

Explanation

Cyber bulling is a horrible thing, and we should take responsibility and do all we can to stop it. Even if we are just an observer and not the bully, we still have a responisbility to help the victim.

8. What is a Cyber Citizen?

Somebody who lives in cyber space

Anyone who uses the internet

Absolutly everybody

A cyber citizen is somebody who uses the internet. People who use the internet are called cyber citizens.

Explanation

A cyber citizen is somebody who uses the internet. People who use the internet are called cyber citizens.

9. You are on Facebook and see that some of your friends have ganged up on another friend and posted mean comments all over her wall. You…

Join in and post some mean comments.

Don’t do anything. It is not your problem right?

Ask the friend that is being bullied if they are okay and talk to a trusted adult.

It is never right to be mean to someone, on or offline. So always tell someone about it, take a stand because this thing should not be going on in our world. Always think, would you want this happening to you?

Explanation

It is never right to be mean to someone, on or offline. So always tell someone about it, take a stand because this thing should not be going on in our world. Always think, would you want this happening to you?

10. You and your friend, lets call him Bob, really want to see this awesome movie, but you can’t get to a cinema to see it and it costs heaps of money to go. Bob finds a website where you can go and download awesome new release movies for free. What do you do?

Download the movie and a few others while you are at it.

There is a reason why we have to pay lots of money when we go to the movies or buy a DVD. It is because when a movie is made, lots of people go to work for a very long time and spend a lot of money on it. Millions of dollars go into movies and it has to be paid of somehow, not to mention the pay checks of all the actors and crew need to be paid off. This means that they need profit so they do not lose a lot of money and they get it through DVD and cinema sales. When you watch a movie for free you aren’t paying the people who made it and you are ripping them off.

Explanation

There is a reason why we have to pay lots of money when we go to the movies or buy a DVD. It is because when a movie is made, lots of people go to work for a very long time and spend a lot of money on it. Millions of dollars go into movies and it has to be paid of somehow, not to mention the pay checks of all the actors and crew need to be paid off. This means that they need profit so they do not lose a lot of money and they get it through DVD and cinema sales. When you watch a movie for free you aren’t paying the people who made it and you are ripping them off.

11. You have an English essay due tomorrow and were researching it when you found a website where there are lots of essays already written, for lots of different ages and topics. You find one just right for you. All you have to do is download it and your homework is done and you’re certain of an excellence. Do you do it? Yes or No?

Yes

No

This site is illegal. The people who are writing these essays are frauds. How do you know that there isn’t a virus attached? You never know. Why else would people put it up there for you to copy without payment, and if the writer is unaware of you copying it then it is probably copyrighted. People put signs for you to click on and things to download on the internet because they have a virus attached which can disarm your computer. We must always be aware of these when searching online.

Explanation

This site is illegal. The people who are writing these essays are frauds. How do you know that there isn’t a virus attached? You never know. Why else would people put it up there for you to copy without payment, and if the writer is unaware of you copying it then it is probably copyrighted. People put signs for you to click on and things to download on the internet because they have a virus attached which can disarm your computer. We must always be aware of these when searching online.

12. Cyber bulling is harmless because you do not actually have to see the person. True or false?

True

False

Not being face to face is not at all a reason for cyber bulling to be okay. In fact it is even more risky because what you say can be kept and used as evidence against you.

Explanation

Not being face to face is not at all a reason for cyber bulling to be okay. In fact it is even more risky because what you say can be kept and used as evidence against you.

13. If I put a photo on Facebook or a similar website and realize that it was inappropriate, I can still delete it and it can be gone forever. True or False?

True

False

Once you upload a photo onto Facebook it is now property of the company and If someday you have an important job etc that photo, which you took when you were younger and deleted, can be found again by professionals and could destroy your career.

Explanation

Once you upload a photo onto Facebook it is now property of the company and If someday you have an important job etc that photo, which you took when you were younger and deleted, can be found again by professionals and could destroy your career.

14. You get a friend request on Facebook and you do not know the person, but they look like a nice person your age but you do not know them so you ignore it. Is this the right thing to do? Yes or No?

Yes

No

You never know whether a person on the internet is who they say they are. You may think it is a nice 15 year old girl from Switzerland who shares your interests but it could just as easily be the creepy old man from round the corner. Never accept friend requests unless you are 100% sure you know the person and that they are who they say they are.

Explanation

You never know whether a person on the internet is who they say they are. You may think it is a nice 15 year old girl from Switzerland who shares your interests but it could just as easily be the creepy old man from round the corner. Never accept friend requests unless you are 100% sure you know the person and that they are who they say they are.

15. When you use the internet as a playground and do whatever you want on it, regardless of the safety and wellbeing of others and you, you are a good cyber citizen. True or False?

True

False

To be a good cyber citizen you must obey the rules of the internet and respect other people. The internet is a great place but we have to be careful when online.

Explanation

To be a good cyber citizen you must obey the rules of the internet and respect other people. The internet is a great place but we have to be careful when online.

16. A person can copyright their work be it a video, song or picture. This means that anyone can use it, true or false?

True

False

Having copyright means that it cannot be stolen or used by anyone else, without permission from the artist. An example of this is downloading a song from the internet from free.

Explanation

Having copyright means that it cannot be stolen or used by anyone else, without permission from the artist. An example of this is downloading a song from the internet from free.