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Family Safety Quiz
Online safety is different at every age: children need rules about strangers and sharing, teenagers need judgement about pressure and privacy, older adults need confidence against scams that target them specifically. Pick a track below and answer five questions. Every answer explains the safe habit in plain words, and nothing you answer leaves this page.
Educational, plain-language, and local-only. This quiz collects nothing, stores nothing and sends nothing anywhere. Children's questions are written for parents and carers to talk through with a child — the quiz never asks a child for personal information, and never encourages sharing any.
What this tool does
Families use the internet together, but they face different risks. Children meet strangers in games and chats, and need a simple rule for what to do when a stranger asks for a photo or a meeting. Teenagers face pressure — to share a photo, to join a group, to keep a secret — and need the confidence to say no and to tell an adult. Older adults are targeted by scams designed for them: fake bank calls, grandchild-in-trouble messages, computer warnings that demand payment. One quiz cannot cover all of that in one set of questions, so this one has three tracks, one for each stage of life.
Each track has five questions, written in plain language and built from real situations: a stranger in a game, a friend asking for a password, a call from someone claiming to be a bank, a message saying a grandchild is in trouble, a link promising a prize. You choose an answer and the quiz explains the safe response, including the words to use — I don't share photos with people I haven't met, I check with the bank's real number, I tell an adult straight away. The explanations are the lesson; the score is only a way to keep track.
The quiz is designed for families to do together. A parent can sit with a child and talk through the kids' track; a teenager can try the teens' track alone and then discuss the answers; an older adult can try the seniors' track and talk about the questions with a family member. The family internet safety plan guide on this site turns the habits in this quiz into a written plan for the whole household.
Try it
Pick a track, then answer five questions. All answers stay on this page.
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Choose an answer to see the advice.
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How it works
Each track teaches the habit that matters most for that age. For children, it is telling an adult: a stranger's request, a message that feels wrong, a photo someone asks for — the safe response is always to stop and tell a parent or carer, and the quiz repeats that until it feels automatic. For teenagers, it is judgement under pressure: refusing to share a password or a photo, recognising when a group or a person is pushing them, and knowing that telling an adult is strength rather than telling tales. For older adults, it is pausing before acting: a bank never asks for a password on the phone, a grandchild in trouble is checked by calling the family directly, and a computer warning that demands payment is a scam, not a diagnosis.
The quiz gives the answer immediately after each question, with the reasoning in one or two sentences and the words to use. That matters more than the score, because in a real situation a person needs the exact phrase — I don't share photos with strangers, I'll check with the bank myself — not a general warning. The questions are written so that the wrong answers are the tempting ones, because the quiz is meant to practise resisting temptation, not to test knowledge that was already there.
Nothing in the quiz is collected. There is no account, no submission, and no record of the answers once the page is closed. The children's track is written for a parent or carer to go through with a child, and it never asks the child for any personal information, in the quiz or anywhere else on the site.
Limitations
This quiz teaches habits, not certainty. A child who answers all five questions correctly still needs a parent's supervision online, a teenager who scores well can still be pressured in the moment, and an older adult who recognises a scam can still be caught by a new one. The quiz is a starting point for a conversation — and for the written family plan in the guide linked below — not a certificate of safety.
- The questions are fictional and simplified. Real situations are messier, and the right response may involve telling a teacher, a bank or the police, not just a family member.
- The quiz does not cover every risk. Cyberbullying, for example, needs its own conversation and professional help — the guide linked below signposts where to get it.
- Nothing here is a substitute for parental controls, device settings or supervision, which the family plan guide covers in detail.
Examples
Example 1 — a stranger in a game (kids' track). Someone your child met in a game asks for a photo and says they will send a gift in return. The safe answer is to stop, tell a parent, and never send the photo. The gift is the trick; the photo is what the stranger wants. Telling an adult is the habit, and the quiz repeats it in every question.
Example 2 — a friend asks for a password (teens' track). A friend asks to borrow a gaming account password and promises to give it back. The safe answer is no: a password is never shared, even with a friend, because a shared password can be used to lock the owner out, to spend their money, or to send messages as them. If a friend needs help, they can ask for it without the password.
Example 3 — the grandchild call (older adults' track). A caller says your grandchild is in trouble and needs money sent urgently — and asks you not to tell anyone. The safe answer is to hang up and call the grandchild or their parent directly, on a number you already have. A real emergency does not need secrecy, and the secrecy is the sign that it is a scam.
Frequently asked questions
What age is this quiz for?
Three tracks: kids aged 8–12 (done with a parent or carer), teens aged 13–17, and older adults. Pick the track that fits, and do it together as a family where you can.
Does the quiz collect any information?
No. There is no account, no submission and no storage. Answers stay on this page and disappear when you close it. The children's track never asks a child for personal information.
What should I do if my child meets a stranger online?
Tell them to stop the conversation and tell you straight away, and never send a photo, a name, or a meeting place. Then save the messages and report the account on the app or game where it happened.
How do I talk to a teenager about online safety without lecturing?
Ask what they have seen rather than telling them what to fear, and make it easy to tell you when something goes wrong. The quiz helps: try the questions together and discuss the answers as a family.
What is the most common scam targeting older adults?
Impersonation — a caller pretending to be a bank, a grandchild, or a computer company, creating urgency and asking for money or access. The defence is always the same: hang up, and check through a number you already trust.