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.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add your name (b) make it shorter (c) use only one word (d) add capitals and digits
- 2.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) telling a best friend (c) changing a leaked one (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@moon@shell@65 (b) Cloud@Chai@2012
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Pond.Sand12 (b) kitetigerdustlamp
- 5.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) your name and birth year (c) posting it in a chat (d) changing a leaked one
- 6.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) your name twice (d) only numbers
- 8.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) they need no letters (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 9.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) typing it out of sight (c) changing a leaked one (d) long random words
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) the number 123456 (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) two-step login turned on
- 11.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 13.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) one password per account (c) telling a best friend (d) the word qwerty
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 16.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) long random words (b) the number 123456 (c) your phone number (d) the word qwerty
- 17.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) typing it out of sight (c) your name and birth year (d) posting it in a chat
- 18.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) the word qwerty (c) writing it on your desk (d) the word password
- 19.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) random, unrelated words (c) your family names (d) your school motto
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) your pet’s name (c) two-step login turned on (d) one password per account
- 23.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) telling a best friend (c) set up with a parent (d) writing it on your desk
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 27.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) your pet’s name (c) the word qwerty (d) your name and birth year
- 29.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) one password per account (c) posting it in a chat (d) set up with a parent
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) dust.drum.pearl.52 (b) Mango.Vine.2010 (c) Aarav#Plum#21 (d) Sand.52
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nisha!Brick!10 (b) lakewolffern46 (c) SeedRainPond76 (d) Kabir2009
- 32.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) two-step login turned on (c) locking your phone (d) one password everywhere
- 33.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 34.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) one password everywhere (c) set up with a parent (d) your name and birth year
- 35.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) a symbol between words (c) changing a leaked one (d) your name and birth year
- 37.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein25 (b) Plum!29 (c) fern@pearl@seed@89 (d) Welcome@Vine64
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) sandvinebrickneem (b) Rain!Fern!2009 (c) riverseedrain73 (d) FernNeemLamp43
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) MoonLeafSand83 (b) shipbrickmoondust (c) welcome52 (d) Arjun!Seed!54
Answer key
- add capitals and digits
- telling a best friend
- drum@moon@shell@65
- Tiger.Pond.Sand12
- changing a leaked one
- False
- a few random words
- long but easy to recall
- your pet’s name
- the number 123456
- True
- a good password habit
- one password per account
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- long random words
- typing it out of sight
- two-step login turned on
- True
- False
- random, unrelated words
- your pet’s name
- False
- True
- set up with a parent
- a poor password habit
- True
- keeping it in your head
- posting it in a chat
- dust.drum.pearl.52
- SeedRainPond76
- one password everywhere
- a good password habit
- set up with a parent
- True
- your name and birth year
- False
- fern@pearl@seed@89
- FernNeemLamp43
- MoonLeafSand83
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