Parental Controls That Work (and Those That Only Reassure) — Quiz
1.
Which parental control category provides enforcement backed directly by the device's operating system?
2.
A parent sets up OpenDNS at the home router to block adult content. Their teenager switches from Wi-Fi to mobile data. What happens to the DNS filter?
3.
Why can no parental control application read the content of WhatsApp or Signal messages?
4.
What does Bark primarily do, compared to Qustodio?
5.
According to Livingstone et al.'s research on parental mediation, which approach is most consistently associated with better outcomes for children's online safety?
6.
Which of the following is something Apple Screen Time reliably prevents on a properly configured device?
7.
Explain the VPN bypass problem: what is a VPN, how does it allow a child to circumvent DNS filtering, and what operating-system-level control partially addresses this on Android?
8.
What does the Ofcom 2024 research reveal about the gap between parental confidence in controls and actual effectiveness?