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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatnestwheeldust (b) Mango-Bell-Wolf61
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@26 (b) kite-sand-seed-82
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) set up with a parent (c) telling a best friend (d) keeping it in your head
- 4.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) your family names (c) a famous quote (d) random, unrelated words
- 5.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav2012 (b) Cloud_Dust_Plum30 (c) Seed@Toast@2015 (d) cornkitewheel69
- 7.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou85 (b) Rohan2013 (c) nest!ship!wolf!83 (d) tentpondlamp16
- 9.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Ship#51 (b) Gold-Hill-Cloud79
- 11.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) the word password (c) long random words (d) writing it on your desk
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) welcome61 (b) pearlwolfhillbell (c) cloudmooncorn31 (d) Lamp-Bell-Drum32
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Vihaan!Neem!54 (b) Brick#73 (c) HillRainRiver17 (d) pearlbrickfrogdrum
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) set up with a parent (c) typing it out of sight (d) one password per account
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) long random words (c) the number 123456 (d) two-step login turned on
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) your pet’s name (c) long random words (d) keeping it in your head
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) the word password (c) keeping it in your head (d) the number 123456
- 19.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Seed!58 (b) hill.corn.leaf.57
- 21.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add your name (b) use only one word (c) make it shorter (d) add capitals and digits
- 25.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Bell_Seed75 (b) River_29
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password everywhere
- 28.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) anyone can guess them (d) short and quick
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) two-step login turned on (c) a symbol between words (d) the word password
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 32.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password.Rain53 (b) tigervinebrickseed (c) letmein30 (d) MoonSeedWolf86
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) HillCloudChai72 (b) Dust_Tiger_2015 (c) lampdrumriversand (d) Shell#19
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) River.Sand.2017 (b) nest@kite@lotus@89 (c) Arjun!River!12 (d) Kabir2018
- 36.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) use it everywhere (c) post it online (d) change that password
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome#Mango41 (b) fern#ship#lamp#49 (c) kitedrumshell87 (d) rivercloudlotuswheel
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Chai_Nest_Fern36 (b) Bell#Ship#2015 (c) Diya-Cloud-28 (d) shiplotuslakeriver
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Arjun@Lotus@27 (b) iloveyou21 (c) pearl!fern!cloud!28 (d) Admin.Ship10
Answer key
- Mango-Bell-Wolf61
- kite-sand-seed-82
- telling a best friend
- random, unrelated words
- False
- Cloud_Dust_Plum30
- a poor password habit
- nest!ship!wolf!83
- False
- Gold-Hill-Cloud79
- long random words
- Lamp-Bell-Drum32
- HillRainRiver17
- your name and birth year
- the number 123456
- your pet’s name
- a good password habit
- keeping it in your head
- False
- hill.corn.leaf.57
- False
- False
- True
- add capitals and digits
- False
- Moon_Bell_Seed75
- one password everywhere
- long but easy to recall
- a good password habit
- the word password
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- MoonSeedWolf86
- HillCloudChai72
- nest@kite@lotus@89
- False
- change that password
- fern#ship#lamp#49
- Chai_Nest_Fern36
- pearl!fern!cloud!28
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