1.
If Facebook emails you and asks for your password and username do you?
Correct Answer
A. A) Delete the email straight away?
Explanation
A is the correct answer in this case. Giving your password or username to a business or company is called phishing. A business or company would never ask you for your password or username as it is your information. If you reply back to this email then they know this is a active website address and will keep sending you emails. The right thing to do is to delete the message straight away and forget anyone ever sent you anything.
2.
You go to your friend’s house and are both online, your friend gets a hateful message and deletes it straight away and pretends like nothing happened, and you decide to give your friend some advice. What do you tell him?
Correct Answer
B. B) They shouldn’t delete the message but instead save them so he can show a parent or adult?
Explanation
The correct answer is B. if you witness a person getting a hateful message you should tell an adult straight away. Whether it’s just a one word message or a paragraph you don’t know how long this person has been getting the messages for. The person getting cyber bullied cannot control what is being said to them because when it goes onto a screen it can never properly get deleted. Once an adult has been told they can get some professional help and track down who has been saying this inappropriate stuff.
3.
A person has uploaded a photo onto Facebook and you clearly told them that you didn’t want to be put online; do you have the right to tell them to delete it as it’s on their profile?
Correct Answer
C. C) You have the right to tell them to delete it as it’s a pHoto with you in it and you clearly told them that you didn’t want it to be put online.
Explanation
The correct answer is C. If a photo is taken of you, you have the right to control it even if it’s someone else uploading the photo. You have the right to tell them to take off the photo EVEN if it’s on their profile and if you told them to take it off and they don’t; you should go to a trusted adult and the adult can step in.
4.
Someone has sent you a text which a person has sent to someone and it says hurtful things. On the text it tells you to forward the text. What do you do?
Correct Answer
B. B) Delete the text straight away and tell a trusted adult?
Explanation
The correct answer is B. If you receive a text which has abusive language in it you should delete the message straight away and tell an adult. Even to forward the message onto someone else you are considered a bully as you are letting other people read what has been said. If you keep the text it’s still open for people to see and to be forwarded around.
5.
Your trusted friend asks you for your Facebook password so they can make a status about themselves. Do you give it to them?
Correct Answer
A. A) No, they are your trusted friend but you don’t see the point
Explanation
The correct answer is A. Even if they are your trusted mate you should never give anyone your details as they could accidently leave your profile on a computer and forget to log out leaving the next person to access your personal details and open to their use.
6.
One of your friends makes a fake profile and tells you to also make one so you can both trick people, do you ?
Correct Answer
C. C) You don’t make one and you also make your friend delete the fake profile to as it’s not that funny.
Explanation
The correct answer is C. Making a fake profile and pretending to be someone is bad and you can get charged for it. Even if you didn’t create the fake profile you are still a bystander and letting your friend take advantage of people. The correct thing to do is to not make one and to tell your friend to delete the fake profile. Adults can go to court by making fake accounts and manipulate people and to be friend them so children shouldn’t do that either.
7.
Your boyfriend of 5 months asks you to send him a naked photo of yourself and tells you he won’t show anyone, do you?
Correct Answer
C. C) Tell him no, you don’t know who will see it
Explanation
The correct answer is C. Even if he has been your boyfriend for a week, month or year you should never expose yourself to anyone. Sending a photo to someone allows the person receiving it to send it to anyone you like and once it goes to a couple of phones you can’t control where it goes after that. Even leaving your face out of the photo it can still get sent around and people will know it’s you. The right thing to do is to tell him no. If the relationship turns out bad who knows what he might do with the photo to ‘get back at you’. Never send a photo to anyone as once you send it you have no control over it.
8.
Someone sends you a friend request and you haven’t personally met them but you have over 40 mutual friends. Should you?
Correct Answer
B. B) Decline the request
Explanation
The correct answer is B. If you have never meet the person face to face or had a personal conversation with them you shouldn’t accept their friend request as they could be a fake profile trying to get personal details out of you or someone neglecting the person’s personal details that added you. If it is the real person you should still not expect them as you don’t know them personally.
9.
If you get cyber bullied what should you do?
Correct Answer
A. A) Tell an adult who you trust
Explanation
The correct answer is a. it’s not right to physically abuse the person as you can get in trouble. The right thing to do is to tell an adult what is happening and let them decide if the police get involved. By fighting back it gives the bully something to use against you and by making a blog about them; you are pretty much cyber bullying them to. So if you are getting cyber bullied ask an adult for help.
10.
You ask your mate if she knows of any movies and she gives you a memory stick with hundreds of illegally downloaded films, do you?
Correct Answer
C. C) Say no thanks, I’ll wait to buy some DVD’s at a sale
Explanation
The correct answer is c. downloading free movies is illegal and on September 1st in New Zealand a new law is being brought in to stop all pirated news and music to help reduce the amount of free downloading in New Zealand. Downloading from sites such as LimeWire, FrostWire, YouTube converter and websites like these is illegally downloading as the artist hasn’t given the website permission to promote their music or movie. Downloading movies reduces the amount the cast, producer and director etc. get paid as people aren’t buying their stuff. If you get offered illegally copied things the correct thing to do is to say no.
11.
Your Facebook profile privacy is set so that everyone can see. Do you think that’s a good idea?
Correct Answer
B. B) No way! I’m going to change it now
Explanation
The correct answer is b. You should never have your profile open so anyone can see it. If it is you’re allowing everyone in the world to access your profile and look at all you pictures and wall posts. As well as that you are letting people be able to copy your pictures and anyone could use them half way across the world and pretend to be you. When people have access to your profile and you don’t know them they can see everything you have ever done on Facebook and that’s not good when you don’t know a person.
12.
You have a homework assignment you decide to get your information off the internet, what’s one disadvantage about getting information online?
Correct Answer
B. B) Not all information is correct
Explanation
The correct answer is b. information on the net is actually not all correct as anyone has the right to create their own website and add information to the net. The correct thing you should do is to find the same information 3 times from 3 different sites and if they are a little bit different add them all together and make a final conclusion of the statement. The good thing about books is that all information would be 100% true is all the information had to pass the editor and publisher before printed.
13.
How can you tell if a friend is spending too much time on online games?
Correct Answer
A. A) They make excuses for why they can’t hang out with you
Explanation
The correct answer is a. If they start making excuses to hang out with friends and for reasons why their homework isn’t getting done; clearly they have a problem. They are isolating themselves and it can’t be good for their interacting skills and communicating with real life people. This can be a problem in the future when the person is trying to find a job and communicating with other people. You should confront the person about it and tell them to cut back on the games and tell their parent of guardian.
14.
When you get your first cell phone, you should?
Correct Answer
A. A) Keep your number private and only tell your trusted friends and parents
Explanation
The correct answer is a. Giving your number to anyone gives them the right to text you and abuse you or trick you when you don’t have their number saved. You should never put your number on Facebook so everyone can see it and you should only give people who you trust your call phone number.
15.
If you come across some inappropriate material while surfing the internet, you should?
Correct Answer
C. C) Tell an adult
Explanation
The correct answer is c. If a pop-up comes or anything you must tell an adult straight away; this could be a virus which has entered your computer or something else. You should tell someone so they can get a virus protection or a protection that stops block-ups. You should tell an adult also so they don’t come across it in the history or anything.