Digital Literacy and Online Safety: Unit Exam B
Passive footprints, spotting false information, checking sources, social engineering, privacy settings and dealing with abuse online.
Instructions
- Time allowed
- 25 minutes
- Total marks
- 25
- Calculator
- No calculator is permitted.
- Answer all the questions.
- The number of marks for each question is shown in brackets. Use it as a guide to how much to write.
- The clock at the top counts down from the real time allowed. When it reaches zero the paper is locked and marked, as it would be collected in the exam hall.
- Read every question to the end before answering. Where a question says tick two boxes, tick exactly two: ticking more than asked scores nothing. Type one word and number answers carefully, because they are marked exactly.
Questions
Answer every question, then finish the paper to have it marked. Marking as you go teaches you far less.
Tick one box.
- LB Your search history recorded by a search engine
Data collected about you without you posting it is passive.
Tick one box.
- LC Posts can be copied, shared and saved by others before you delete them
Once copied or screenshotted, a post is out of your control.
| Misinformation | Disinformation | |
|---|---|---|
| A fake account deliberately posts false health advice to sell pills | ||
| Your aunt shares an old story, believing it is true | ||
| A group creates a fake news site to change how people vote | ||
| A student shares a joke article without realising it is satire |
Tick one box in each row.
- LA fake account deliberately posts false health advice to sell pills: Disinformation
- LYour aunt shares an old story, believing it is true: Misinformation
- LA group creates a fake news site to change how people vote: Disinformation
- LA student shares a joke article without realising it is satire: Misinformation
Disinformation is created to deceive. Misinformation is false information shared by someone who believes it.
- LCheck who wrote it and whether the organisation behind it is reliable
- LCheck that trusted sites say the same, and that the page is up to date and the address is genuine
Check who wrote the page and whether the organisation behind it is reliable, and compare what it says with other trusted sites. Also check the date, and that the web address is the real one rather than a lookalike.
Tick one box.
- LA The connection to the site is encrypted
The padlock means HTTPS: data is encrypted on its way. It says nothing about whether the site is honest.
- Lsocial engineering
This is social engineering, sometimes called blagging.
Tick two boxes.
- LC Turning on two factor authentication
- LD Making the account private
- LNo marks if more than 2 boxes are ticked
A private account limits who sees your posts, and 2FA stops someone logging in with a stolen password.
- LIf one website is hacked, your password could be leaked
- LAttackers try leaked passwords on other sites, so every account with the same password could be accessed
If one website is hacked and its passwords leak, criminals try the same email and password on other sites. With a different password for each site, one leak only exposes one account.
Tick one box.
- LD Logging in to a friend's account without permission, even as a joke
Accessing an account without permission is unauthorised access, whatever the reason.
Tick one box.
- LB Do not open it: delete or report it
.exe files are programs and could be malware.
| True | False | |
|---|---|---|
| Deleting a post removes every copy of it from the internet | ||
| Location data saved in a photo can reveal where you live | ||
| A website using https cannot contain false information | ||
| You can report harmful content to the platform |
Tick one box in each row.
- LDeleting a post removes every copy of it from the internet: False
- LLocation data saved in a photo can reveal where you live: True
- LA website using https cannot contain false information: False
- LYou can report harmful content to the platform: True
Copies survive deletion, photos can carry location data, https only encrypts the connection, and every platform has a report button.
- LDo not reply or retaliate
- LKeep the evidence, for example with screenshots
- LBlock and report the sender, and tell a trusted adult
They should not reply, because that is what the sender wants. They should keep the evidence by taking screenshots, block and report the account on the platform, and tell a trusted adult such as a parent or teacher.
- Ldisinformation
Disinformation is false information spread deliberately.
Tick one box.
- LA Check the permissions it asks for and read the reviews
An app that asks for far more than it needs is a warning sign.
This is an original Key Stage 3 assessment. Most questions are closed, so the marking is exact, and the written answers are marked against a mark scheme in the same style as a GCSE paper, so the format is familiar long before it counts.