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.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) ignore it (c) change that password (d) use it everywhere
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Chai.24 (b) Admin_Pond51 (c) tentwolfpond40 (d) Rain!Gold!Nest73
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nest.67 (b) Ishaan2010 (c) KiteLotusPond89 (d) Password!Brick86
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2014 (b) ShipCloudTiger15
- 5.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) one short word (c) a few random words (d) your name twice
- 6.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) anyone can guess them (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-ship-gold-34 (b) Arjun2014
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) gold!lake!toast!42 (b) qwerty67 (c) Nest@29 (d) Meera2014
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou65 (b) brick.nest.plum.42 (c) Aarav#Corn#55 (d) Letmein-Bell42
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-58 (b) Brick!Toast!Frog49
- 11.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add your name (c) add capitals and digits (d) use only one word
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nisha2015 (b) wolfchairiverlamp (c) Brick-Lamp-Moon71 (d) Lake!40
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) a symbol between words (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your pet’s name
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Fern!43 (b) goldhillmango31 (c) Toast.Sand.Pearl55 (d) Letmein@Toast84
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 19.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) posting it in a chat (c) set up with a parent (d) long random words
- 20.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) writing it on your desk (c) the word password (d) one password per account
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) River@Ship@Fern70 (b) Vihaan.Wolf.43 (c) Diya2015 (d) Corn_53
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Mango_Plum_Neem28 (b) neemchaipearl31 (c) wheelpearlriverdrum (d) Aarav2016
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBellBrick12 (b) Mango#Rain#2011
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password per account (d) long random words
- 26.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) the number 123456 (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your pet’s name
- 28.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Fern!Brick!2008 (b) GoldWolfPlum30 (c) Rohan2010 (d) qwerty40
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) your name and birth year (c) the word qwerty (d) locking your phone
- 31.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) changing a leaked one (c) your phone number (d) locking your phone
- 33.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) set up with a parent (c) one password everywhere (d) two-step login turned on
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav2010 (b) vinerainriverdust (c) Admin.Lake67 (d) RiverShellTiger10
- 35.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) your pet’s name (c) two-step login turned on (d) long random words
- 36.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word password (c) the word qwerty (d) typing it out of sight
- 37.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your family names (c) a famous quote (d) your school motto
- 38.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) the word password (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) typing it out of sight
Answer key
- change that password
- Rain!Gold!Nest73
- KiteLotusPond89
- ShipCloudTiger15
- a few random words
- long but easy to recall
- kite-ship-gold-34
- gold!lake!toast!42
- brick.nest.plum.42
- Brick!Toast!Frog49
- add capitals and digits
- a poor password habit
- Brick-Lamp-Moon71
- a poor password habit
- a poor password habit
- your pet’s name
- Toast.Sand.Pearl55
- a good password habit
- posting it in a chat
- True
- one password per account
- River@Ship@Fern70
- Mango_Plum_Neem28
- VineBellBrick12
- the word qwerty
- False
- a passphrase of 3 words
- False
- GoldWolfPlum30
- locking your phone
- False
- your phone number
- one password everywhere
- RiverShellTiger10
- your pet’s name
- typing it out of sight
- random, unrelated words
- True
- False
- the word password
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