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Quiz topic: Technology words
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer
1 A teenager who spends all day in front of a computer screen is called a
a) screenager
b) cybersickness
c) ciberwidow
d) e-cash
2 If you buy something from the internet, you don’t use cash, you use _ a) dot com
b) e-cash
c) travellers cheques
d) dollars
3 A business which operates only on the internet is called a _
a) e-cash
b) dot com
c) keypal
d) cybersickness
4 He spent all day yesterday surfing the net, now he says he’s tired – must be a touch of _!
a) dot com
b) cybersickness
c) screenager
d) keypal
5 What do we call someone who keeps in touch with someone in another country – by email?
a) keypal
b) penpal
c) screenager
d) dot com
6 What do we call a woman whose husband uses the internet too much?
a) Cyberwidow
b) dot com
c) widow
d) housewife
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Quiz topic: Technology words
Answers:
1 A teenager who spends all day in front of a computer screen is called a
a) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom using the computer Correct
b) If you spend too much time in front of the computer, you might start to suffer from cybersickness – feeling tired and ill
c) If a woman’s husband dies, she is called a widow; a cyberwidow loses her husband
to the internet
d) If you buy something on the internet, you pay with e-cash - virtual money
2 If you buy something from the internet, you don’t use cash, you use _ a) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet
b) If you buy something on the internet, you pay with e-cash - virtual money Correct
c) People used travellers cheques in the past when they travelled abroad
d) Dollars are a type of currency
3 A business which operates only on the internet is called a _
a) e-cash
b) dot com Correct
c) keypal
d) Cybersickness
4 He spent all day yesterday surfing the net, now he says he’s tired – must be a touch of _!
a) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet
b) If you spend too much time in front of the computer, you might start to suffer from cybersickness – feeling tired and ill Correct
c) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom on the
computer
d) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends overseas, now they are keypals; they do it by email
5 What do we call someone who keeps in touch with someone in another country – by email?
a) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends
overseas, now they are keypals; they do it by email Correct
b) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends overseas, now they do it by email – what do we call them?
c) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom using the
computer
d) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet
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6 What do we call a woman whose husband uses the internet too much?
a) If a woman’s husband dies, she is called a widow; a cyberwidow loses her husband to the internet Correct
b) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet
c) If a woman’s husband dies, she is called a widow, what do we call a woman who loses her husband to the internet?
d) A housewife is a woman who stays home to look after the children and house