It will tell you whether the Internet 'sees' your computer. If you can be seen, you're more vulnerable to hacking and your computer could be made a drone. It seems harmless. Yet there were only two questions. I immediately thought this could be a scam.
Many people use their birth dates as passwords on the Internet or for bank cards, etc.
I am not one of them since I have no bank card and I don't use it on the Internet either. The message says nothing about the nature of the project. In my reply I answered neither question, but requested the name of your school, the phone number of the school, the class which this project is being done for, the teacher's name of that class and the project title. I will verify it by calling the school and asking for that teacher. If I get no reply, I don't reply either.