Can fillable forms being changed

Using Acrobat 9 Standard, I've created a scholarship application for applicants to complete, save, print and return to their school counselor. I will Extend Forms Fill in & Save in Adobe Reader from the Advanced tab. And we have given instructions that in order to fill in the application online they must be using Reader XI. Questions are:
Is there anything else I need to do? Am I doing it right?
Do I need to worry about someone with a full version of Acrobat being able to alter my form? Would locking prevent that?
Do I need to 'lock' the fields?
What does locking do?
Will it keep students from being able to complete the application?
Thanks for any help. And yes, I know. I will be upgrading to Acrobat XI as soon as I get this finished!

> Do I need to worry about someone with a full version of Acrobat being able to alter my form?
They can, yes, but why does this worry you? If they wanted to they could make a whole fake form too.

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I see where you mean about Signature on the left pane, but if I open that after loading a PDF that I signed using the above procedure, it detects no signature. So the "Digital Signature" you mention must not be the image of the signature like I am using. So if I want to make the image of my signature into a "Digital Signature" that can be verified, do I have to go to some third party paid procedure like Verisign or EchoSign or something or can I somehow self certify the image of my signature?
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