The LAUSDnet student Internet test is 30 questions long and you must get 24 correct to apply for an account with an e-mail address. Students usually take the test after they have returned their signed LAUSD AUP parent Internet release form in order to get an e-mail account. Students must also be sponsored by a teacher to apply for an LAUSDnet account. The account can be used a home with parental supervision.

TOPICS COVERED ON THE TEST 

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• First review the complete LAUSD Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
• The Internet is the largest collection of computer networks in the world. It is not necessarily the fastest or most powerful network, however. It is bringing more information and resources into our schools and homes.
• LAUSDnet is an educational, non-profit Internet Service Provier (ISP). As such you can not engage in commerce or offer anything for sale online.You can make purchases. But you can not go into business on the www using LAUSDnet. Use a commercial ISP such as Earthlink if you wish to set up an e-commerce site.
• Unacceptable web sites include adult, pornographic sites, hate groups, sites advocating criminal activity, computer hacking or other illegal and/or violent behavior.
• If you find a web site that may be inappropriate for use at school, you should not call your friends over to take a look, do not print it out at school, and do not make it a Bookmark or Favorite in the web browser. Rather leave the web site immediately and avoid it in the future.
• If  you violate the LAUSD AUP, the consequence can be a disciplinary meeting at school with your parents, loss of your LAUSDnet account and access to the Internet, suspension from school, and possible arrest and prosecution.
• Access to the Internet is a privilege, not a right. To access the Internet at school your must have your parents read the LAUSD AUP and return a signed  release form every school year. Every time you access the Internet you must provide proof of your signed parent release form on file at school. Such proof  will be a sticker placed on your student ID card every year. If you lose your ID card and or sticker, you must pay a fee for a replacement. If a teacher finds you in violation, they will punch a hole in your student ID card and you will be denied access to the Internet for at least the remainder of the school year. All the consequences listed above can be applied too, depending on the severity of the AUP violation.
• Whenever a student is in doubt about the appropriateness of the web site, they should ask their teacher.
• Do not bookmark, save, print out, or call attention to any inappropriate web site.
• Do not let others use your LAUSDnet account, including your e-mail access.
• Don't share your personal information in e-mail or any method over the Internet. Never give out your address, phone, age, birth date, etc. If you share information with other students, use the school address and phone number. You never know who might get access to that information.
• When sending attached files with your e-mail, send them only to persons who have requested that information, and have the correct software to open and files.
• Never share your password. Change it every few months.
• Notify your teacher or network administrator if you think someone is using your password. Also notify the system operator at sysop@lausd.k12.ca.us
• Never threaten anyone, even if it is a joke, in e-mail, a newsgroup, web page, etc.
• Delete your old e-mail files to save space on the LAUSDnet computer.
• When using e-mail, treat your messages like a postcard since it is possible for others to read it on the network. Never say anything you would not want repeated in public.
• Copyrighted material includes software, books, graphics, web pages, e-mail, and other files created by others. Never copy or use files and information that you did not create without getting permission and giving proper credit (footnoting). This means you must reference information that you get from e-mail, newsgroups, web pages, chat rooms, ftp sites, etc. There are standard formats for referencing this information. Each Department, for example, has a link entitled "Citing Internet Resources" which covers common formats. Usually they include citing the person or organization who authored the information, the date you downloaded it, the title or topic of the sources, and the e-mail or web address.
• Download means to copy a file onto your hard drive or floppy disk. Upload means to send a file to another computer over a network. To download you are using the ftp (file transfer protocol) tool on a network. Although you can use specific ftp software, usually a standard browser is used such as Netscape or MS Internet Explorer.
• When downloading software from web sites such as Download.com and Shareware.com, remember that there are various categories of software; freeware, shareware, demonstration versions, and full-commercial versions. Freeware can be downloaded and used for free, although the author may ask you to send in a post card or e-mail notice. Netscape Communicator, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Aladdin Expander are examples of freeware. You can NOT tamper with or hack this software. Shareware can be downloaded, used for a specific time, copied and shared with others. After the free trial time has expired, however, you should pay for and register the software.
• Various software tools or functions on the Internet include world wide web (WWW), e-mail, newsgroups, ftp, chat, and gopher.
• If you need help on the Internet, you can as your teacher or lab coordinator, use help web sites and other Internet resources, and experiment with different solutions, as long as you don't modify software and files created by others.
• Viruses are destructive programs that can be copied easily amongst files. Accessing the Internet can expose your computer disks to viruses. To avoid them you should check your disks for viruses and scan downloaded files from the Internet for viruses. Beware of disks you get from friends because they may be infected with a program. Use anti-virus software your scan and repair computer hard disks and floppy disks. If you notice a virus, notify your teacher and/ or computer lab coordinator immediately.
• Learning to use the Internet effectively can help you  improve your reading and writing skills, get the latest information about astronomy, earthquakes, and the weather, exchange reports, poems, plays, and essays with students around the world, and  learn skills that will help you in college and in your career.
• When researching for information on web sites and from e-mail, you should learn to take good notes and outline your findings. You can also use floppy disks that you can purchase in the student store to save text and files from web sites and other sources so you can study them later. Never carelessly print out pages from web sites, CD-ROMs and other sources. Remember you will be charged for printing in the Library, Project Room, and Computer Labs.
• If you are researching the Internet  for a report, you must get permission from the author and give proper credit when you create your report for any  information from e-mail that you use, any graphic, picture or diagram used, any web site that you use or referred to, or any file that you downloaded and used. Remember that you must credit and cite any document that you did not create, or information that you are not the source of. Proper methods for citing Internet resources are posted on the school web site.
• There are  limitations that you should be aware of when  using a search engine on the world wide web (www).  Only about 17% of the web sites on the Internet are cataloged by search engines. Since many web sites are unedited and unverified by other institutions, they can easily contain incorrect information. The researcher  must often use several search engines and review many sites before finding the information they need. With this in mind, the www is often not the best source for information you need to research. It is probably best for obtaining current information like stock quotes and product prices, weather reports, and earthquake descriptions.
• To use the networked computers in the Jefferson HS. Library or Project Room, students must  take good notes, bring their own disks to save files and web pages, bring a list of assigned web sites (URLs) from their teacher for their work, and pay for printing out pages they may want copies of.
• Leave computers on when you are finished, unless otherwise instructed to turn them off. Never bring food or drink near computers, in the library, or in computer labs. Don't touch the computer screen with your fingers. And always type with your wrist elevated (like a piano player) and your hands in the home row position. Your typing speed will improve that way.