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 follows ALL of our rules? (a) Vine.29 (b) seedlaketiger27 (c) River@Sand@2011 (d) rain#frog#dust#27
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Moon!38 (b) corntigerdrum60 (c) Tiger.Mango.Sand19 (d) raindrumnestriver
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Pearl-2008 (b) frog.river.sand.29
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein14 (b) sandcornnestseed (c) Saanvi2018 (d) toast.dust.chai.46
- 5.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) one short word (c) a few random words (d) your name twice
- 6.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boatsandgold11 (b) lake-frog-river-67 (c) Rohan_Plum_34 (d) welcome87
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain!tent!vine!86 (b) neemleafnest79
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 10.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) your name and birth year (c) a symbol between words (d) telling a best friend
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) changing a leaked one (c) one password per account (d) writing it on your desk
- 13.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) short and quick (c) they need no letters (d) anyone can guess them
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) long random words (c) writing it on your desk (d) your pet’s name
- 15.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Shell31 (b) MoonPearlBrick12
- 17.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) two-step login turned on (c) telling a best friend (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 20.True or false: “your phone number” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineHillCloud10 (b) Rohan2015
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) long random words (c) the number 123456 (d) a symbol between words
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Chai-Mango41 (b) iloveyou32
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) one password per account (c) keeping it in your head (d) your name and birth year
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome-Mango68 (b) Meera2013 (c) Neem@Tiger@2008 (d) Ship@Frog@River22
- 27.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) make it shorter (c) use only one word (d) add your name
- 28.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 29.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoFernCorn56 (b) Nisha-Mango-75
- 31.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) post it online (c) change that password (d) use it everywhere
- 32.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumDustNeem42 (b) belllakemoon27
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) posting it in a chat (c) the number 123456 (d) typing it out of sight
- 35.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) one password everywhere (c) set up with a parent (d) long random words
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Lotus37 (b) tiger!ship!drum!17
- 37.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) one password per account (c) the word qwerty (d) keeping it in your head
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) two-step login turned on (c) the word password (d) changing a leaked one
- 39.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) set up with a parent (c) the word qwerty (d) writing it on your desk
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Fern@Pond@2018 (b) kitelakeriverseed (c) admin85 (d) fern@boat@toast@88
Answer key
- rain#frog#dust#27
- Tiger.Mango.Sand19
- frog.river.sand.29
- toast.dust.chai.46
- a few random words
- True
- lake-frog-river-67
- rain!tent!vine!86
- a good password habit
- a symbol between words
- a poor password habit
- writing it on your desk
- long but easy to recall
- long random words
- True
- MoonPearlBrick12
- False
- telling a best friend
- a poor password habit
- True
- VineHillCloud10
- the number 123456
- Leaf-Chai-Mango41
- your name and birth year
- a good password habit
- Ship@Frog@River22
- add capitals and digits
- random, unrelated words
- False
- MangoFernCorn56
- change that password
- True
- DrumDustNeem42
- typing it out of sight
- one password everywhere
- tiger!ship!drum!17
- the word qwerty
- the word password
- set up with a parent
- fern@boat@toast@88
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