Ten questions on staying sharp online. Name: Score: _____ / 10
1. What is a digital footprint?
A) The size of your phone screen
B) The trail of information you leave online, on purpose and by accident
C) A type of computer virus
D) Your follower count
2. You delete an embarrassing post. What is true?
A) It is gone forever
B) Copies may still exist in screenshots, other people's phones and platform data
C) Only the police can see it now
D) It comes back after 30 days
3. Which post gives away the most dangerous information?
A) A photo of your dinner
B) "Home alone tonight, parents out till late" with location on
C) A meme about homework
D) A picture of the sky
4. A fun quiz asks for your first pet's name and the street you grew up on. Why is this risky?
A) It wastes your time
B) Those are common password recovery answers, and the quiz may be harvesting them
C) Quizzes are always fine
D) It might guess your age wrong
5. Who is it safe to share your password with?
A) Your best friend
B) Your boyfriend or girlfriend
C) Anyone who asks nicely
D) Nobody. Passwords are yours alone
6. Your account is "private", so your posts are only seen by:
A) People you approved, plus anyone they screenshot or show it to
B) Literally only you
C) Your followers and nobody else, guaranteed
D) The platform's staff only
7. Someone in an online game asks which school you go to. The best response is:
A) Tell them, it's friendly conversation
B) Tell them a nearby school instead
C) Don't share it, and be alert to why a stranger wants it
D) Ask which school they go to first
8. A message from your friend's account asks you to click a link and log in. What has most likely happened?
A) Your friend needs help urgently
B) Their account has been compromised and the link is a trap for yours
C) It is a platform update
D) Nothing, links from friends are always safe
9. AI can now fake images, voices and video. What is the best protection?
A) Only trust things that look realistic
B) Verify important requests through a second route, like asking in person or ringing them
C) Assume everything is fake and trust nothing
D) Only use older apps
10. When should you tell an adult about something online that worries you?
A) Only if it involves money
B) Only if it happens more than once
C) Early, however small it seems, because early telling keeps small problems small
D) Never, adults don't understand the internet
Answer Key (Teacher Copy)
1. B. Both halves matter: the deliberate trail and the accidental one, including data collected quietly in the background. 2. B. Permanence is the core concept of the lesson. Deleting changes your page, not the internet. 3. B. An empty-house announcement plus location is the single worst combination, and pupils post versions of it constantly. 4. B. The quiz question reframe usually gets an audible reaction. Security questions are passwords wearing a costume. 5. D. Expect pushback about best friends and partners. Hold the line: most password-related harm between young people involves someone who was trusted at the time. 6. A. Private reduces the audience; it does not create actual privacy. Screenshots are the standard route by which "private" content travels. 7. C. The school question is a classic information-gathering move; the grooming pack in this series picks up the thread. 8. B. Compromised accounts message everyone. The correct follow-up is telling the friend by another route and never entering a password through a sent link. 9. B. Second-channel verification is the modern survival skill, in classrooms and, frankly, in workplaces too. 10. C. The whole strand of these lessons is built on this reflex. Praise early telling every time you see it, publicly if appropriate, because it is the behaviour that protects the whole class.