Quiz - Social Media
The following quiz contains questions that you can use to test what you have learned for yourself.
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## What is social media?
> This refers to services such as Twitter or Instagram.
1. [ ] Specialized information from social media.
>No. Another "social" is meant here.
2. [x] Internet services for participation.
>**Right answer**
3. [ ] Television programs with telephone campaigns.
>Not correct. Social media can be found on the internet.
## Why can the use of social media be problematic?
> Providers regularly want to provide advertisers with information on how to use their services.
1. [x] Many free social media offerings provide limited information about how user data is used and shared.
>**Right answer**
2. [ ] Social media costs money and can be expensive.
>Not correct. Social media are usually free of charge. However, it is problematic that they are often financed by advertising and the operator passes on your usage data to third parties in return.
3. [ ] Social media are usually only offered in English and are therefore not always understandable.
>Wrong. There are a large number of social media services in German. On the other hand, it is problematic that they are often financed by advertising and the operator often passes on your user data to third parties.
## What measures can make social media safer to use?
> Does the service provider need to know who you really are?
1. [ ] Eat a cookie and disclose a lot of personal information before registering with social media services.
>No, even if cookies are reassuring. Before registering with social media services, rather think about the benefits, delete cookies regularly and reveal little personal information.
2. [ ] Distribute many cookies and personally register with as many social media services as possible.
>No, better to think about the benefits before registering with social media services, delete cookies regularly and reveal little personal information.
3. [x] Before registering with social media services, consider the benefits, delete cookies regularly, and reveal little personal information.
>**Right answer**
## What do you use to pay for social media on a regular basis?
> Your data is valuable!
1. [ ] With BitCoin!
>No, even though that would certainly be appealing to service providers.
2. [ ] With glass beads.
>They could try, but probably nobody wants them.
3. [x] With my (usage) data.
>**Right answer**