Cyber Safety Worksheet: Passphrases
Stay safe (Picture three words): Pick 3 or 4 random words that do not belong together (not names, mottos or quotes). Add capitals and a digit or symbol: Kite-River-Lamp47. One password per account; keep it in your head (a parent may keep a copy); change it if it leaks; turn on two-step login.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) the word qwerty (c) one password everywhere (d) typing it out of sight
- 2.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) one password per account (c) typing it out of sight (d) set up with a parent
- 3.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) changing a leaked one (c) set up with a parent (d) the word qwerty
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Sand.Dust71 (b) tentpearlplum20
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatfrogbell37 (b) Gold!Boat!Hill87
- 6.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Hill!54 (b) Welcome_Frog26 (c) Nisha2017 (d) VineRiverPlum17
- 7.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) your name twice (c) only numbers (d) a few random words
- 8.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) your pet’s name (c) writing it on your desk (d) a symbol between words
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand-Moon-Kite28 (b) Letmein-River35 (c) Saanvi#Neem#18 (d) Rain#64
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Tent39 (b) Dust.Lotus.Pearl20
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lake!10 (b) Welcome.Vine56 (c) SeedSandPearl17 (d) Pearl-Kite-2008
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password per account (c) the number 123456 (d) the word password
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Neem_Ship_2010 (b) neemfrogcornchai (c) seed_nest_cloud_88 (d) Vihaan2018
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog-Drum-2016 (b) Shell-Cloud-Boat23
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Plum11 (b) tiger!wolf!bell!85
- 16.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) typing it out of sight (c) changing a leaked one (d) keeping it in your head
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 18.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) one password everywhere (c) one password per account (d) typing it out of sight
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Frog_Fern_Gold39 (b) Tara2016 (c) Iloveyou-Neem77 (d) pondlampkite81
- 21.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) keeping it in your head (c) your phone number (d) long random words
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome.Boat13 (b) Hill_Seed_2010 (c) River-Sand-Tent50 (d) Nisha-Mango-38
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) your pet’s name (c) telling a best friend (d) your phone number
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainLotusChai36 (b) Lotus@Neem@2011
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir2014 (b) Cloud-Lake-2018 (c) password39 (d) FernPlumPearl53
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 27.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) a famous quote (c) your school motto (d) random, unrelated words
- 28.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou#Plum51 (b) hilllotuslamp29 (c) MangoNestTiger10 (d) seeddrumdusttent
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) HillVinePlum36 (b) pearlmoontiger88 (c) Nisha_Plum_73 (d) wheellakefernship
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou63 (b) Meera2011 (c) Ishaan@Mango@70 (d) toast.frog.fern.61
- 32.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) changing a leaked one (c) the word qwerty (d) writing it on your desk
- 34.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Tiger_Gold45 (b) Plum#Corn#2012
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Hill82 (b) Tiger-Cloud-Brick15
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Drum!19 (b) SandWolfSeed79
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 39.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) long but easy to recall (d) anyone can guess them
- 40.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- typing it out of sight
- writing it on your desk
- the word qwerty
- Pearl.Sand.Dust71
- Gold!Boat!Hill87
- VineRiverPlum17
- a few random words
- a symbol between words
- Sand-Moon-Kite28
- Dust.Lotus.Pearl20
- SeedSandPearl17
- one password per account
- seed_nest_cloud_88
- Shell-Cloud-Boat23
- tiger!wolf!bell!85
- your name and birth year
- a poor password habit
- False
- one password everywhere
- Frog_Fern_Gold39
- your phone number
- River-Sand-Tent50
- keeping it in your head
- RainLotusChai36
- FernPlumPearl53
- a poor password habit
- random, unrelated words
- True
- MangoNestTiger10
- HillVinePlum36
- toast.frog.fern.61
- True
- changing a leaked one
- a good password habit
- Toast_Tiger_Gold45
- Tiger-Cloud-Brick15
- SandWolfSeed79
- a poor password habit
- long but easy to recall
- False
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