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Question 1. You want to make a donation towards an area recently devastated by an earthquake. What should you do before you process your donation?
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Do some research about the organisation
Read reviews by recent donators
Find out more about the organisation through external resources such as first hand accounts from other donators
All of the above
Question 2. You see an unexpected transaction from your account it is entitled GoGoBank Corporation. You have not approved of this transaction and do not seem to recall yourself making this transaction. What should you do?
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Ignore it and move on
Do some research about the organisation and call them
Contact your bank, card issuer or creditor immediately
Follow the links on their website to gain a deeper understanding of their organisation
Question 3. A window pops up while you are browsing the internet. It says “congratulations! You are the 1,000,000th viewer. You have won yourself an iphone 7. Click here to redeem”. What do you do?
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Click the link to redeem your because you are the lucky ‘1 millionth’ viewer
Ignore the question/add and pretend it was never there.
Report the ad to the authorities to get the ad off the website.
Do some internet research about the website to see if it is trustworthy
Question 4. Your bank company has sent you a unexpected email telling you that your bank has been hacked and that you must change your password. There is a link that takes you directly to the site to change your password.
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You click the site, insert your username and password and change your password
You check the web address and check if the website is the same as your banking website.
Instead of clicking the given link you go to google search for your bank provider, and get to the site from there.
Ignore it and move on.
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