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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What is phishing?

A type of virus that damages computer hardwareA message or website designed to trick you into handing over personal informationA setting that blocks spam phone callsA game about catching virtual fish

2. What is a cookie, in the internet sense?

A small file a website saves on your device to remember details about your visitA backup copy of your photosA snack you can order through a delivery appA type of computer virus

3. You get a message saying you've won a prize in a competition you never entered. What is most likely going on?

It's a scam trying to get your details or moneyIt's just a normal advertYou genuinely won and should claim it straight awayIt's an automatic message from your school

4. Is asking a trusted adult for help with something that happened online ever a sign that you've failed?

Only if it's happened to you more than onceOnly if you're younger than tenYes, it means you can't cope onlineNo, it's a sensible and completely normal thing to do

5. What does a password manager do?

Creates and remembers strong, different passwords for each of your accountsDeletes your old passwords automaticallyOnly works for one website at a timeShares your passwords with people you follow

6. What is a 'tracker' doing when it's built into a webpage?

Blocking adverts from appearing on the pageChecking the page's text for spelling mistakesSpeeding up how quickly the page loadsRecording details about your visit, like which pages you viewed and for how long

7. A game keeps offering small in-game purchases, each one only a couple of dollars. What is the real risk?

Each purchase unlocks the entire game for free afterwardsSmall purchases make the game run noticeably fasterThe purchases always get automatically refunded after a weekSmall amounts add up to a lot of real money over time, without feeling like it

8. Why can adverts be hard to spot inside a feed, even when you're looking out for them?

They are always placed at the very top of the pageThey are always the brightest colour on the screenThey are designed to look and feel like the ordinary posts around themThey always contain the word 'advert' somewhere

9. Some countries have looked at making rules around loot boxes in video games. What concern usually drives this?

That loot boxes are only available in one languageThat loot boxes can work like a form of gambling for young playersThat loot boxes use too much internet dataThat loot boxes are always too easy to win

10. A feed keeps showing you more of what you already click and watch. What can happen to the range of things you see, over time?

Nothing changes, since feeds show the same thing to everyoneIt becomes completely random regardless of what you've watchedIt automatically balances out to show every possible viewpoint equallyIt can quietly narrow, so you notice a smaller range of views and topics than you'd expect

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