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 words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Chai_Pond_2015 (b) SandRiverLake66 (c) Letmein-Kite28 (d) Kabir2013
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Letmein!Bell75 (b) Kabir-Mango-31 (c) Vine#Tiger#Seed59 (d) seedtentfern83
- 4.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 5.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lake.40 (b) cornchailakesand (c) Toast!Lake!2012 (d) SandGoldLeaf63
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!80 (b) Pond#Plum#Tent64
- 7.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 8.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) changing a leaked one (c) the word password (d) one password per account
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) the word qwerty (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) a symbol between words
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) writing it on your desk (c) changing a leaked one (d) two-step login turned on
- 11.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) one password everywhere (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your pet’s name
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Qwerty.Dust67 (b) Arjun2014 (c) TigerPlumLeaf66 (d) Ship.Dust.2018
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) the word password (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) writing it on your desk
- 14.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) writing it on your desk (c) keeping it in your head (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 15.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) posting it in a chat (c) writing it on your desk (d) one password per account
- 16.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 17.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) use only one word (c) add your name (d) add capitals and digits
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai#sand#seed#17 (b) admin88
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiplampriver88 (b) KiteCornDust85
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Rain73 (b) Wheel!Fern!Moon83
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) shellwolfseed61 (b) admin76 (c) LotusPlumCloud18 (d) Tiger_Chai_2017
- 23.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) FernVineDrum66 (b) cloudpondshipwolf (c) Letmein_Shell44 (d) Tara2010
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) moonshelldusttoast (b) Chai.Hill.2018 (c) Wheel#24 (d) tiger_kite_lotus_31
- 26.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 27.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password.Sand11 (b) ponddrumfrog72 (c) Meera2017 (d) Mango_Fern_Rain11
- 28.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Mango_Neem_2011 (b) River#Lake#Frog61 (c) Tara-Dust-28 (d) Brick-63
- 30.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Dust#73 (b) sand-dust-pearl-23 (c) Welcome.Tiger36 (d) Kabir2011
- 32.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) hill@kite@leaf@58 (b) iloveyou11 (c) Tiger@38 (d) cloudchaitiger36
- 34.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) your pet’s name (c) the word password (d) one password per account
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum!lamp!lake!24 (b) Qwerty#Sand85
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.15 (b) FrogShellVine65
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Cloud_Ship33 (b) wolfboatneemchai
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) ship_tiger_gold_10 (b) Leaf-21 (c) Nest_Rain_2008 (d) chaibelllake69
- 40.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) the word password (c) two-step login turned on (d) writing it on your desk
Answer key
- random, unrelated words
- SandRiverLake66
- Vine#Tiger#Seed59
- a good password habit
- SandGoldLeaf63
- Pond#Plum#Tent64
- a good password habit
- the word password
- the word qwerty
- writing it on your desk
- a passphrase of 3 words
- TigerPlumLeaf66
- a passphrase of 3 words
- writing it on your desk
- one password per account
- a poor password habit
- add capitals and digits
- a poor password habit
- chai#sand#seed#17
- KiteCornDust85
- Wheel!Fern!Moon83
- LotusPlumCloud18
- a good password habit
- FernVineDrum66
- tiger_kite_lotus_31
- long but easy to recall
- Mango_Fern_Rain11
- False
- River#Lake#Frog61
- False
- sand-dust-pearl-23
- True
- hill@kite@leaf@58
- False
- one password per account
- plum!lamp!lake!24
- FrogShellVine65
- Wolf_Cloud_Ship33
- ship_tiger_gold_10
- two-step login turned on
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