What is digital citizenship and safe online behavior?

• A. Responsible and ethical use of technology; respect privacy, avoid harm, follow laws.
• B. A set of software licenses.
• C. The process of manufacturing electronics.
• D. A measure of CPU performance.

Answer: (A)

Digital citizenship and safe online behavior means using technology responsibly and ethically in everyday online life. It involves understanding how your actions online affect others and yourself, protecting personal information, respecting privacy, avoiding harm, and following laws and rules. The idea here is to act in a way that keeps yourself and others safe, constructive, and respectful—think before you post, use strong passwords, guard sensitive data, report abuse, and honor digital rights and responsibilities.

Other options don’t fit because they describe things not about how people should behave online: software licenses govern how programs can be used, manufacturing electronics is about making devices, and CPU performance is a hardware capability.