I agree with HylianDev. Onpon had a pretty good list of questions that covered a lot of important topics, but many of them aren't relevant to the average computer user. For example, I would expect an IT professional - especially someone going into the security field - to be able to explain the difference between a virus and a worm. Similarly, a software engineer should have a grasp of the different kinds of computer architectures. However, knowing these things isn't important to most people's everyday lives - unlike password management, office software, basic keyboard shortcuts, and other things that would help people work and learn more effectively and more efficiently. My test is more focused on evaluating the skills that I feel the average educated person needs to know about computing.
This test hasn't been widely tested or reviewed by a large team of experts. While I don't have my PhD or 50 years of experience, it is true that I've had two different jobs, a summer internship, and a volunteer position where I taught IT skills, so I have a bit of experience with this topic. I've found that a lot of people - including young people - have an insufficient understanding of digital literacy concepts. I'm obviously not talking about a game development community, where most of the users have a very strong understanding of digital literacy. But when dealing with non-technical people, you'll find a lot of them don't know nearly as much as you would expect them to. Last year, when I helped lead a summer camp for kids starting high school, a lot of them were typing at about 10 WPM, and they didn't have a grasp of a lot of other basic concepts. If you don't have reasonably strong digital literacy skills, it's going to limit how far you can go in life, as there are few jobs that don't require you to understand how to use a computer.
Again, I would advise against taking this quiz overly seriously, but I certainly don't mind critique. I may end up using a similar quiz for other things in the future, and it's always nice to get feedback.
I agree with HylianDev. Onpon had a pretty good list of questions that covered a lot of important topics, but many of them aren't relevant to the average computer user. For example, I would expect an IT professional - especially someone going into the security field - to be able to explain the difference between a virus and a worm. Similarly, a software engineer should have a grasp of the different kinds of computer architectures. However, knowing these things isn't important to most people's everyday lives - unlike password management, office software, basic keyboard shortcuts, and other things that would help people work and learn more effectively and more efficiently. My test is more focused on evaluating the skills that I feel the average educated person needs to know about computing.
This test hasn't been widely tested or reviewed by a large team of experts. While I don't have my PhD or 50 years of experience, it is true that I've had two different jobs, a summer internship, and a volunteer position where I taught IT skills, so I have a bit of experience with this topic. I've found that a lot of people - including young people - have an insufficient understanding of digital literacy concepts. I'm obviously not talking about a game development community, where most of the users have a very strong understanding of digital literacy. But when dealing with non-technical people, you'll find a lot of them don't know nearly as much as you would expect them to. Last year, when I helped lead a summer camp for kids starting high school, a lot of them were typing at about 10 WPM, and they didn't have a grasp of a lot of other basic concepts. If you don't have reasonably strong digital literacy skills, it's going to limit how far you can go in life, as there are few jobs that don't require you to understand how to use a computer.
Again, I would advise against taking this quiz overly seriously, but I certainly don't mind critique. I may end up using a similar quiz for other things in the future, and it's always nice to get feedback.
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