Mrs. Prescott's Computer Literacy Class Rocks!

Directions: Choose the best answer for each.

• 1) You get an email from a person who says he or she is an old friend
  of your parents. You are asked for your home phone number so they
  can get in contact again. What should you do?
  

  Tell an adult and change your email address.
  Reply and tell the person your phone number.
  Reply but give a fake phone number.
  Tell your best friend.
• 2) The best way to remember your password is
  

  write it down
  memorize it
  make it simple
  only tell your best friend, just in case you forget
• 3) When you get an email from an advertiser, you should not click on
  the "take me off your mailing list" or "unsubscribe" links because
  

  it could spread a virus
  it alerts the company that the email account is active
  they will send you merchandise that you must pay for
  it is illegal
• 4) If someone you meet online asks you to send a picture of yourself,
  you should
  

  send one of your baby pictures
  wait a month, then send one
  ignore the request and block the person from contacting you
  send a picture of a monkey instead
• 5) An example of indirect information is
  

  your school's recent game scores
  your real name
  your school mascot
  both school game scores and school mascot
• 6) Advertisers use email to push their products. Any time you receive
  this without asking for it, it is called
  

  junk mail
  forwarded mail
  spam
  snail mail
• 7) Examples of inappropriate web sites are
  

  news sites
  hate sites
  sports sites
  online shopping sites
• 8) If you accidentally get into an inappropriate place while online
  and the web site will not let you exit, you should
  

  turn off the computer
  tell an adult
  turn off the computer and tell an adult
  walk away
• 9) When you accidentally access an inappropriate web site but windows
  keep popping up on the screen and you cannot exit, it is called
  

  freezing
  flaming
  spam
  looping
• 10) If a web site asks you to enter personal information such as name,
  age, and email address you should
  

  fill out only the required boxes
  never fill it out
  fill it out completely
  fill out only the email address
• 11) A typical password is how many characters long?
  

  4-5
  5-6
  6-8
  8-9
• 12) Your friend met a boy online and is planning to meet him at the
  park on Saturday afternoon. What should you do?
  

  Don't worry, it's during the day.
  Nothing, it's her life.
  If you don't see her Sunday, tell an adult.
  Tell an adult before Saturday.
• 13) You are signing up for an instant messaging account. A safe screen
  name would be
  

  crazy4boys
  annie_j68661
  lookin4trubl
  madcow
• 14) Web sites that are inappropriate and should be avoided are
  

  sites that ask for money
  sites that promote violence or hate
  sites that contain explicit language or pictures
  all of the above
• 15) Flame mail is email designed to
  

  make someone think you are someone else
  let someone know how much you like him or her
  make another person upset or angry
  make another person feel better
• 16) A cyberbully is someone who
  

  uses chat rooms to bother people
  uses email to anger or annoy people
  uses instant messaging (IM) to pick on people
  any of the above
• 17) If you meet a person online who says he or she is 15, you know that
  

  he or she is probably 45
  he or she is really 15
  he or she is probably 25
  he or she could be pretending to be 15
• 18) An example of information you can give out online is
  

  your real name
  your school name
  your screen name
  your address and phone number
• 19) Netiquette means
  

  using polite behavior while online
  using email to communicate with your friends
  using impolite behavior while online
  using web sites to make a person feel bad
• 20) Hate mail is email that shows
  

  prejudice against someone's skin color
  prejudice against someone's gender
  prejudice against someone's religion
  any of the above
• 21) When you receive an email from someone you don't know, you should
  

  wait a week, then respond
  print it out and throw it away
  don't read it, just delete it
  reply and tell the person to leave you alone
• 22) If you are online and someone sends you an angry or threatening
  message, you should
  

  tell the person to cool down
  not respond, but block the sender of the message
  ask the person what you did to deserve the threat
  reply with a threat
• 23) A bully wants
  

  power
  domination
  you to be a friend
  power and domination
• 24) The first thing to do when a cyberbully acts out is to
  

  call the FBI
  respond by doing something mean
  decide not to take revenge
  threaten the person
• 25) Bullying is a criminal act for anyone over the age of
  

  10
  12
  16
  18
• 26) A ___________ is a computer program that spreads computer to
  computer when people download infected email attachments.
  

  virus
  Trojan horse
  chat room
  document
• 27) ___________ spread through computer networks and pass from machine
  to machine.
  

  Trojan horses
  Worms
  Caterpillars
  Trojan horses and worms
• 28) A ___________ claims to do one thing, but actually does something
  else, such as downloading a virus.
  

  hard drive
  Trojan horse
  worm
  document
• 29) Never open an email attachment with the following file suffixes:
  

  .exe, .scr, .doc
  .exe, .scr, .ppt
  .exe, .vbs, .scr
  .exe, .vbs, .dot
• 30) An online predator most often looks for victims
  

  at the park
  at the mall
  in chat rooms
  in toy stores
• 31) The process that a predator goes through to gain a victim's trust
  is called
  

  spamming
  grooming
  stalking
  looping
• 32) A predator may try to gain your trust by
  

  pretending to be a teenager
  pretending to like the same things you like
  always taking your side when you are upset
  all of the above
• 33) After talking with a victim in a chat room for a period of time,
  the predator's next step is
  

  asking for the victim's house address
  asking for the victim's phone number
  asking for the victim's email address
  asking for the victim's friends' names
• 34) A predator builds an online relationship with the victim and then
  

  will ask that the victim keep the relationship secret
  will convince the victim that others won't understand
  may threaten to harm the victim if he or she tells anyone
  any of the above
• 35) An online predator will lie to gain the victim's trust by saying
  that
  

  he or she cares for the victim
  he or she will treat the victim better than family
  he or she will buy the victim gifts or tickets to visit
  any of the above
• 36) The goal of every online predator is to
  

  harm the victim
  meet the victim in person
  meet and harm the victim
  spread a computer virus
• 37) Which of the following is a safe screen name?
  

  sk8brdr13
  michael_k2009
  munchin
  jessiegirlNE
• 38) To stay safe online, it is important to
  

  only talk with people you or your friends know
  only give your first name
  choose a safe screen name
  both choose a safe screen name & talk to people you know
• 39) Giving out school game scores, team mascots, or talking about a
  recent concert while online are all examples of
  

  direct information
  indirect information
  personal information
  public information
• 40) If you receive an inappropriate message or picture online, you
  should first
  

  call the local police
  call the FBI
  call your Internet Service Provider
  tell an adult who you can trust
• 41) An example of intellectual property is
  

  a popular song
  a brand name, such as Adidas
  a video game program
  all of the above
• 42) The difference between physical property and intellectual property
  is
  

  you can touch intellectual property; it is tangible
  you cannot touch physical property; it's intangible
  intellectual property is copyrighted and intangible
  physical property is an idea or a written work
• 43) If something is copyrighted, the creator or owner has
  

  the final say as to whether or not someone else can use it
  no control over whether or not someone uses it
  no legal right to sue someone for using it
  no control over it and no legal rights
• 44) The Internet makes intellectual property
  

  easy to take without permission
  difficult to copy without permission
  easy to get
  both easy to get and easy to take without permission
• 45) If you cut and paste another person's work from the Internet and
  pretend the work is your own, it is called
  

  plagiarism
  copyrighting
  plundering
  legal
• 46) ___________ is the term used when music, movies, or software
  programs are copied illegally.
  

  Looping
  Purchasing
  Piracy
  Looting
• 47) If a student is caught copying someone else's work from the
  Internet and using it as his or her own work, the student could
  

  fail the class
  be suspended from school
  find it difficult to get accepted into college
  all of the above
• 48) If you buy a music CD and copy the songs to your MP3 player, you are
  

  doing something illegal and could be sued
  okay---after all, you bought the CD
  going to force the song artist lose money
  illegally copying music and forcing the artist to lose money
• 49) If a friend of yours wants to make a copy of your music CD, you
  should
  

  tell your friend to do it when you're not there
  allow it because the law says you can make one copy
  do it yourself, copying only your friend's favorite songs
  say its against the law and suggest he or she buy it
• 50) Copying and distributing (or giving away) music, movies, or
  software is
  

  plagiarism
  piracy and illegal
  okay if it's just between friends and family
  legal; if you can copy it, you can take it