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) boatlampdust72 (b) Tara2011 (c) RainMoonWheel22 (d) iloveyou13
- 2.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Lamp19 (b) Tent-Mango-Bell13
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfHillNeem30 (b) Boat.Kite.2009
- 6.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) your name and birth year (c) locking your phone (d) set up with a parent
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.16 (b) Kite_Tent_Tiger89
- 10.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) two-step login turned on (c) set up with a parent (d) your pet’s name
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) WolfSandShell68 (b) Leaf.11 (c) Qwerty-Boat11 (d) welcome50
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakeseedrainmango (b) Wolf_Plum_Pearl70
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Seed#Lake43 (b) Lake-76
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.bell.river.57 (b) Vihaan#Gold#41
- 15.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) one password everywhere (c) telling a best friend (d) set up with a parent
- 16.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) anyone can guess them (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lake_38 (b) pearldrumlampmango (c) Neem!Tiger!Sand64 (d) Kabir_River_18
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 20.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) use only one word (b) make it shorter (c) add your name (d) add capitals and digits
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) sandtigerbellpearl (b) letmein44 (c) Boat!Sand!Ship31 (d) Fern!Nest!2017
- 22.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 23.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) posting it in a chat (c) your phone number (d) long random words
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoNeemDrum23 (b) Brick-Bell-2017
- 26.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 28.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) keeping it in your head (c) locking your phone (d) two-step login turned on
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Cloud@70 (b) tiger.lake.cloud.55 (c) mangofroghillshell (d) Ananya!Sand!24
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boatgoldcloud55 (b) Lotus-Brick-Fern20 (c) Password_Brick79 (d) admin57
- 31.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Chai.2015 (b) BellNeemRiver83
- 33.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) long random words (c) two-step login turned on (d) set up with a parent
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leafcornship75 (b) Aarav!Drum!83 (c) Pearl#Ship#2012 (d) rain#shell#corn#49
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@hill@vine@86 (b) hillcloudleaf44
- 38.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamptigersand89 (b) RainBrickWolf24
Answer key
- RainMoonWheel22
- False
- a poor password habit
- Tent-Mango-Bell13
- WolfHillNeem30
- False
- your name and birth year
- a poor password habit
- Kite_Tent_Tiger89
- your pet’s name
- WolfSandShell68
- Wolf_Plum_Pearl70
- Hill#Seed#Lake43
- drum.bell.river.57
- set up with a parent
- long but easy to recall
- Neem!Tiger!Sand64
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- add capitals and digits
- Boat!Sand!Ship31
- random, unrelated words
- long random words
- a poor password habit
- MangoNeemDrum23
- a few random words
- a good password habit
- writing it on your desk
- tiger.lake.cloud.55
- Lotus-Brick-Fern20
- False
- BellNeemRiver83
- False
- True
- the word qwerty
- rain#shell#corn#49
- plum@hill@vine@86
- False
- True
- RainBrickWolf24
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