Digital Life 101
This quiz is taken from Commonsensemedia. Org's K-12 Curriculum
- 1.In 2009, kids ages 11 to 14 spent the most time with this type of media:
- A.
Computers
- B.
Music
- C.
TV
- D.
Video games
- 2.Who spends more time browsing the Internet, teens (ages 12 to 17) or adults?
- A.
Teens
- B.
Adults
- 3.What is a mash-up?
- A.
A glitch on a computer caused by a virus
- B.
A techno remix of a song
- C.
Slang for when a computer crashes and is beyond repair
- D.
A digital collage containing text, graphics, music, video, or animation from already created digital works combined to create a new work
- 4.How many texts on average do teens (ages 13 to 17) send and receive each month?
- A.
2,000
- B.
2,500
- C.
3,000
- D.
3,500
- 5.In Internet slang, what is a “troll” ?
- A.
A multiplayer game that can be embedded in a website
- B.
Someone who posts spam on online message boards
- C.
A website that takes too long to load
- D.
Someone who has an ugly profile picture
- 6.What is an “avatar”?
- A.
An email address that forwards your email to a different address (alias)
- B.
A graphic image used to represent a real person online
- C.
Someone who tries to get you to give them personal information online
- D.
The fastest jet on many online flight-simulator games
- 7.According to the privacy policies of Facebook, how old must you be to register for an account?
- A.
10
- B.
12
- C.
13
- D.
16
- 8.Who can edit articles on Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia?
- A.
Registered users older than 13
- B.
Employees of Wikipedia
- C.
College professors and students
- D.
All of the Above
- 9.If someone responds to your instant message by saying, “rofl,” what do they mean?
- A.
My mom is reading over my shoulder, watch out.
- B.
That was really funny.
- C.
Really? I don’t believe you.
- D.
Hold on a minute, I’ll be right back.
- 10.What is an MMOG?
- A.
Movie Making Online Generator, an online tool that helps people create mashups of videos posted on the web
- B.
The Million Mothers Organizing Group, an online social networking site popular for parents of teenagers
- C.
A Massive Multiplayer Online Game, usually an online world multiple players navigate and play in together
- D.
IM shorthand to say My Mom’s On Guard, a signal to quickly start censoring the conversation
- 11.What was the first home video game console sold in the United States?
- A.
Atari 2600
- B.
Nintendo NES
- C.
Sega Genesis
- D.
Nintendo Game Boy
- 12.How many characters (letters, punctuation marks, and spaces) can you send in a regular text message?
- A.
100
- B.
160
- C.
200
- D.
260
- 13.
- A.
37%
- B.
60%
- C.
71%
- D.
85%
- 14.With which of the following can young people not only listen to but also create music?
- A.
Rhapsody
- B.
GarageBand
- C.
Pandora
- D.
ITunes
- 15.As of late 2009, approximately how many views did YouTube get each day?
- A.
500,000
- B.
Over 1 billion
- C.
Over 2 billion
- D.
Over 3 billion
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