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.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 2.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) set up with a parent (c) your phone number (d) the word qwerty
- 3.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!Frog!2010 (b) FernGoldPond86
- 5.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Tent!26 (b) ship_tiger_chai_65
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogbrickdust68 (b) neem-drum-tiger-76
- 9.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) one password everywhere (c) one password per account (d) the number 123456
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) the number 123456 (c) the word qwerty (d) a symbol between words
- 11.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) long but easy to recall (d) anyone can guess them
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 13.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 16.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond.shell.hill.20 (b) Vine.Frog.2018
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password!Corn36 (b) Tiger!75 (c) Fern!Wheel!Leaf67 (d) Aarav2013
- 19.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) two-step login turned on (d) the word qwerty
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mangochaihillleaf (b) Cloud#Dust#2012 (c) pond@corn@cloud@53 (d) Arjun.Mango.88
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou@Dust12 (b) bellshellwolfnest (c) chaisandleaf22 (d) TigerWheelLeaf42
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud-boat-rain-86 (b) password26
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou42 (b) Qwerty-Kite85 (c) Ananya.Nest.74 (d) Nest#Sand#Cloud49
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav-Bell-86 (b) pearlsandbell53 (c) Bell.59 (d) corn_tiger_boat_72
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) one password everywhere (c) long random words (d) writing it on your desk
- 29.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your school motto (c) a famous quote (d) your family names
- 30.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) the number 123456 (c) your name and birth year (d) your phone number
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password everywhere (d) changing a leaked one
- 32.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustGoldHill53 (b) Lotus@Hill@2009
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) MoonDrumGold22 (b) letmein61 (c) Wolf_Pond_2010 (d) froghillriver66
- 37.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) your phone number (c) telling a best friend (d) long random words
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ananya2010 (b) Neem!Mango!Plum83 (c) Kabir!Fern!53 (d) Wheel!Rain!2012
- 40.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) use only one word (b) add your name (c) make it shorter (d) add capitals and digits
Answer key
- a few random words
- set up with a parent
- True
- FernGoldPond86
- True
- a good password habit
- ship_tiger_chai_65
- neem-drum-tiger-76
- one password per account
- a symbol between words
- long but easy to recall
- a poor password habit
- True
- False
- a good password habit
- False
- pond.shell.hill.20
- Fern!Wheel!Leaf67
- the word qwerty
- a poor password habit
- pond@corn@cloud@53
- a good password habit
- TigerWheelLeaf42
- cloud-boat-rain-86
- Nest#Sand#Cloud49
- corn_tiger_boat_72
- a poor password habit
- long random words
- random, unrelated words
- a passphrase of 3 words
- one password everywhere
- True
- True
- DustGoldHill53
- a poor password habit
- MoonDrumGold22
- False
- long random words
- Neem!Mango!Plum83
- add capitals and digits
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