Digital Etiquette Quiz
Test your online manners.
- 1.What does digital etiquette mean?
- A.
Making the most of your time online
- B.
Increasing your technological skills
- C.
Minding your manners in cyberspace
- 2.When do you need to use etiquette? (Check ALL that apply)
- A.
When you are on your cell phone
- B.
When you send emails
- C.
When you are posting online
- D.
When you are at the dinner table with your family
- E.
When you are asleep
- 3.When should you NOT use your cell phone at all for texts, internet, or calls? (Check ALL that apply.)
- A.
While you are in a face-to-face conversation
- B.
While your teacher is addressing the class
- C.
While you are a passenger in a car
- D.
While you are in a hospital waiting room
- E.
While you are in a job interview
- F.
While you are at a funeral
- G.
During a movie at a theater
- 4.If you are in a cell phone conversation and you experience a dropped call, you should:
- A.
Refuse to speak to the other person again.
- B.
Call the person back and explain that their phone must have dropped the call because your cell service is always good.
- C.
Call the person back and explain that you aren't sure what happened.
- D.
Get very angry.
- 5.When you are in a public place, it is fine to talk loudly on your cell phone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.When writing email, using ALL CAPS means:
- A.
Your email is very important.
- B.
You are typing very quickly.
- C.
You are shouting.
- D.
You are an experienced email writer.
- 7.Which of the following is an appropriate phrase for the subject line of an email?
- A.
Hey there
- B.
[blank]
- C.
Movie on Tuesday?
- D.
It's me
- 8.Which of the following is good practice when writing emails? (Check ALL that apply.)
- A.
Use correct grammar and spelling.
- B.
Include a subject in the subject line.
- C.
Use BCC (blind copy) when sending emails to groups of people.
- D.
Be concise and to-the-point (don't ramble).
- E.
Be sure to forward chain emails to groups of people.
- F.
Send large attachments.
- 9.When posting in an online forum or using social media, feel free to "flame" (say mean or inflammatory things). You're online and things are anonymous most of the time or else you're talking to your friends anyway.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.When posting pictures online, you should consider:
- A.
Whether or not others in the picture would want that picture posted
- B.
How the picture makes you look to others
- C.
Whether or not the picture could get anyone into trouble
- D.
All of the above
- 11.When using social media sites, it is O.K. to ask someone to "friend" you or "follow" you:
- A.
1 time
- B.
3 times
- C.
5 times
- D.
As many times as it takes to get them to connect with you
- 12.Blogging is a great way to tell people off when they make you mad or bother you.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.When you are online, you should refrain from ever saying something negative about your employeer.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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