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Quiz: What Is a Digital Citizen?

Test what you learned in this chapter. Read each question, pick the best answer, then click Show Answer to see if you got it right.

1. What is a digital citizen?

  1. Someone who uses digital devices in a safe, kind, smart, and fair way
  2. Someone who owns the newest laptop in their class
  3. Someone who has accounts on many different websites
  4. Someone who spends the most hours on a tablet each day
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The correct answer is A. A digital citizen is a person who uses digital devices and the internet in a way that is safe, kind, smart, and fair to everyone. It is not about owning the best device or having lots of accounts. It is about how you act when you go online.

Concept Tested: Digital Citizen

2. What are the three steps in Maka's central habit?

  1. Click, wait, share
  2. Pause, think, act
  3. Look, copy, send
  4. Tap, tap, tap again
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The correct answer is B. The three steps are pause, think, and act. First you stop your finger. Then you ask yourself quick questions like "Is this safe? Is this kind? Is this true?" Then you make your choice on purpose. This habit shows up in every chapter of the book.

Concept Tested: Pause Think Act

3. Which of these is an example of an online community?

  1. A bag of crayons in your desk
  2. A pencil sharpener in the classroom
  3. A class chat where students ask homework questions
  4. A paper map of your town
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The correct answer is C. An online community is a group of people who meet, share, or talk through digital devices. A class chat for homework questions fits that description. Crayons, pencil sharpeners, and paper maps are useful things, but they are not groups of people talking online.

Concept Tested: Online Community

4. Who counts as a trusted adult?

  1. Anyone who sends you a message online
  2. Only your best friend in your class
  3. A stranger who seems nice in a game
  4. A grown-up in your life who listens and helps keep you safe
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The correct answer is D. A trusted adult is a grown-up you already know in real life who listens to you and helps keep you safe. Parents, guardians, teachers, school counselors, and librarians can all be trusted adults. Strangers online and classmates are not trusted adults.

Concept Tested: Trusted Adult

5. Which of these is an example of a digital responsibility?

  1. Owning a laptop
  2. Being kind in a group chat
  3. Watching a video every day
  4. Having the fastest wifi at home
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The correct answer is B. A digital responsibility is a job you have when you use the digital world. Being kind in a group chat is one of those jobs. Owning a device or having fast wifi is not a responsibility — it is just a thing you might have.

Concept Tested: Digital Responsibilities

6. What does the digital threshold mean?

  1. The cable that connects a laptop to the wall
  2. The moment right before you tap, click, share, or post
  3. The homepage of a search engine
  4. A password you use for a school account
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The correct answer is B. The digital threshold is the one second before you tap, click, share, or post. It is the most powerful moment online because it is the last time you can still change your mind. Pause, think, act is the habit you use during that second.

Concept Tested: Digital Threshold

7. Which of these best describes digital etiquette?

  1. Following polite, respectful ways to act online
  2. Knowing how to build a new computer
  3. Typing as fast as you can every time
  4. Using only the newest apps and games
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The correct answer is A. Digital etiquette is the set of polite and respectful ways to act in the digital world. It includes things like saying "please" and "thank you" in a chat, waiting your turn in a video call, and not typing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, which feels like yelling.

Concept Tested: Digital Etiquette

8. Aisha is about to share a photo of her classmate without asking. She stops and wonders if she should. Which habit should she use right now?

  1. Tap first and think later
  2. Ask a friend to share it instead
  3. Pause, think, and then act on purpose
  4. Close the app and never open it again
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The correct answer is C. When Aisha stops to wonder, she is already on the digital threshold. The smart move is to pause for a slow breath, think about whether sharing is safe and kind, and then act on purpose. Asking a friend to share does not fix the problem, and panicking is not needed.

Concept Tested: Pause Think Act

9. Diego sees a message in a class chat that copies a whole song that somebody else owns. Which habit of a digital citizen does this break?

  1. Legal online behavior
  2. Digital opportunities
  3. Owning a tablet
  4. Using a search engine
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The correct answer is A. Legal online behavior means following the rules and laws grown-ups have made for the internet. Copying a whole song that belongs to somebody else breaks those rules. Great digital citizens check all four habits — etiquette, ethics, law, and safety — before they share.

Concept Tested: Legal Online Behavior

10. What is the difference between digital opportunities and digital rights?

  1. Opportunities are jobs you do and rights are cool things you get to try
  2. They mean the exact same thing
  3. Opportunities are cool things you get to do, and rights are things every person deserves
  4. Opportunities only happen at school, and rights only happen at home
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The correct answer is C. Digital opportunities are the cool new things you get to do online, like video-calling family far away. Digital rights are the things every person deserves online, like being treated kindly and keeping private information safe. Together with responsibilities, they form the three-legged stool of digital citizenship.

Concept Tested: Digital Opportunities and Digital Rights

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