Practice Listening Test: Online
Give yourself about 25 minutes to answer and then 5 minutes to check.
Multiple Choice:
The topic of the lecture is:
a) internet
b) internet usage
c) online banking and researching
d) internet banking and purchasing
False: Correct to make true.
a) The top 20 countries make 17.8% 75.8% of internet users.
b) The CIBC RBC has online budgeting tools.
c) In December, Saskatoon is minus sixteen nineteen (19) degrees Celsius.
Answer the following questions using information from your notes and the lecture.
1. What are the main ideas? (Also called the big picture and predictors)
online banking
online purchasing
2. What are the two main reasons why people use online banking?
It's easier.
It's more secure.
3. Explain one reason why people like online banking. Use two supporting details to explain.
easier: 1. people can access bank accounts anywhere, even at home.
2. much easier to transfer money. Many families, much like your own, send their children off
to university or college and, from time to time, send them money.
3. convenient to budget For example, CIBC™ labels all expenditures such as groceries,
automobile, and clothing from your credit card, see where spending money
(need any two of the three)
or
security 1. check for specfice symbol 2. passwords 3. personal questions so you have
control
(see the script for more)
4. List two of the three things necessary for a strong password.
1. upper and lower case letters
2. at least one number
3. a hyphen
5. Using the instructions from the lecture, write an example password.
wiT-7cH
6. Explain using a clear reason with one example from the lecture how people can get more
information about items on the internet.
Read reviews: check if an item is good or not ex. coffee maker but has horrible review b/c
doesn't work
or
compare prices and specifications with other brands ex. computer parts from NCIX.com
7. What is a consumer?
someone who makes purchases
8. List the three supporting points for how internet shopping is stress free. Then choose one to
explain using an example from the lecture.
1. stay at home to avoid crowds
2. more secure
3. relaxing
more secure: credit card isn't given out and bags won't be stolen in the crowds So you control
more by buying online.
9. Do you agree with the speaker that internet shopping is more secure? Why or why not?
No I disagree with the speaker. I think that internet shopping can be less secure if people are not
aware of fraudulent websites. For example, if people buy things on a site b/c they see a symbol at the
bottom, but they really don't know what it means, they could be giving their credit card information
to the wrong people.
**Remember to always link your answers back to the information from the lecture***