Quiz: Building Healthy Tech Habits
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 mindful use?
- Using a screen on purpose, with attention to how you feel and how long you have been on it
- Making sure your tablet battery is always at 100 percent
- Letting an app choose videos for you all afternoon
- Turning off your screen only when a grown-up says so
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The correct answer is A. Mindful use is using a screen on purpose, paying attention to how it makes you feel and how long you have been on it. The opposite is grabbing a screen out of boredom and looking up an hour later wondering what happened. Mindful use grows from the pause, think, act habit.
Concept Tested: Mindful Use
2. What is a screen break?
- A special kind of tablet crack
- A time when the wifi stops working
- A video you watch to relax
- A short pause where you stand up, look away, and move your body
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The correct answer is D. A screen break is a short pause from your screen where you stand, stretch, and look at something else. A good rhythm is about five minutes off for every twenty or thirty minutes on. A screen break is not a punishment — it is a reset that makes the next part of screen time feel sharper.
Concept Tested: Screen Break
3. Why can blue light from a screen make it harder to fall asleep?
- Blue light tricks your brain into thinking it is still daytime
- Blue light makes the battery die faster
- Blue light makes your pillow uncomfortable
- Blue light turns the screen off automatically
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The correct answer is A. Blue light is the bright bluish light that screens shine into your eyes. It can trick your brain into thinking it is still daytime, even when it is dark outside. That is why many devices have a warmer "night mode" that you can turn on after sunset.
Concept Tested: Blue Light
4. What is a tech-free zone?
- A place where wifi is faster than normal
- A store that only sells new devices
- A place in your home where screens are not allowed at all
- A room where every screen must always be on
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The correct answer is C. A tech-free zone is a place in your home where screens are not allowed. Many families pick the dinner table so meals stay for talking and eating. Some families pick bedrooms so sleep stays protected. Tech-free zones make the rule easy because everyone agrees on it ahead of time.
Concept Tested: Tech Free Zone
5. Which of these best describes a family media plan?
- A video the whole family watches on Saturday night
- A list the grown-ups write alone and hand to the kids
- A written agreement that kids and grown-ups make together about screens
- A phone plan that gives everyone unlimited data
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The correct answer is C. A family media plan is a written agreement between you and the grown-ups in your home about how everyone will use screens. The key idea is that the whole family helps make it — it is not grown-ups bossing kids. That is what makes it a promise instead of a rule.
Concept Tested: Family Media Plan
6. Why is good posture important while using a screen?
- It makes the screen brighter
- It charges the tablet faster
- It makes the wifi work better
- It saves your neck and back from getting sore
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The correct answer is D. Good screen posture means sitting up tall, with the screen near eye level, shoulders relaxed, and feet on the floor. It protects your neck and back. Bad posture — like curling over a tablet with your chin on your knees — leads to sore muscles and tired days.
Concept Tested: Posture
7. Priya wants to use screens more mindfully. How could a digital habit tracker help her?
- It would make her phone charge itself
- It would let her check off the healthy screen habits she does each day so she can see her week at a glance
- It would write her homework for her
- It would hide her tablet from her sister
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The correct answer is B. A digital habit tracker is a simple checklist — on paper or in an app — that helps Priya notice which screen habits she is doing each day. Rows might include "took screen breaks," "no screens in bed," and "outdoor time." Seeing her own pattern helps her choose what to try next.
Concept Tested: Digital Habit Tracker
8. Marcus keeps staying up too late watching videos in bed. Which healthy habit would most directly help him sleep better?
- Keep the tablet under his pillow
- Turn the screen brightness all the way up before bed
- Put screens away at least thirty minutes before bedtime and keep them out of bed
- Start a brand-new game right before lights out
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The correct answer is C. Bright screens before sleep keep your brain busy when it needs to slow down. A good sleep habit is to put screens away at least thirty minutes before bedtime and to keep them out of bed. That is what saved Marcus's Wednesday after his tired Tuesday.
Concept Tested: Sleep Habits
9. Sam is sitting down with his tablet. He pauses and asks, "How does my body feel right now? How does my mood feel right now?" What habit is Sam doing?
- A wellbeing check
- A blue light test
- A speed check
- An app time limit
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The correct answer is A. A wellbeing check is a quick pause where you ask yourself how your body feels and how your mood feels. You can do one before, during, or after a screen. If something worrying comes up — sore eyes, a stuck sad mood, sleep that won't come — tell a trusted adult.
Concept Tested: Wellbeing Check
10. Emma has two hours of free time. She notices her eyes are sore from a long school day of screens. Which choice shows the best balance?
- Spend all two hours watching one video after another
- Do an offline activity or outdoor time, and maybe a short mindful screen activity at the end
- Turn on every screen in the house at the same time
- Keep scrolling even when her eyes hurt
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The correct answer is B. Emma's sore eyes are telling her to rest. Offline activities like reading a paper book or drawing, and outdoor time like a walk or bike ride, protect the not-screen parts of her day. A short mindful screen activity at the end is fine once her eyes have had a break.
Concept Tested: Offline Activity and Outdoor Time