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) add capitals and digits (d) use only one word
- 2.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) they need no letters (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 3.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password everywhere (c) long random words (d) posting it in a chat
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Tiger81 (b) RainLeafNeem38
- 5.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your family names (c) your school motto (d) a famous quote
- 6.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast@sand@lamp@42 (b) Welcome!Rain76
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) set up with a parent (c) one password per account (d) changing a leaked one
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaisandneemhill (b) Neem#Toast#Tiger34
- 13.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 15.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boat!tiger!leaf!68 (b) leaffrogneem27 (c) Letmein.Tent15 (d) Pond#Plum#2015
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) changing a leaked one (c) locking your phone (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivermoonnest83 (b) LeafNeemCorn84
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) your phone number (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) telling a best friend
- 20.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boatleaflamp44 (b) Kabir_Tent_71 (c) NeemCloudGold67 (d) lotusbellcornrain
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) typing it out of sight (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password everywhere
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) keeping it in your head (c) the word qwerty (d) your name and birth year
- 24.True or false: “the number 123456” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand#70 (b) TigerMoonPond14 (c) Aarav2008 (d) Aarav.Sand.44
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) two-step login turned on (c) your pet’s name (d) one password everywhere
- 27.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) a few random words (c) one short word (d) your name twice
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Frog.Cloud.Pond84 (b) welcome62 (c) Gold!Plum!2018 (d) cloudbrickbell45
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) the word password (c) your phone number (d) posting it in a chat
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a symbol between words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) pond.dust.toast.74 (b) Qwerty.Mango22 (c) Neem#13 (d) Fern.Sand.2018
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nest@20 (b) Wolf-Seed-2012 (c) cornshellmoonnest (d) Wheel@Fern@Ship57
- 34.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiBrickLake11 (b) Cloud#89
- 36.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) changing a leaked one (c) your name and birth year (d) your pet’s name
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.80 (b) vine#boat#tiger#66
- 39.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfleaflotusriver (b) FernChaiLotus84
Answer key
- add capitals and digits
- long but easy to recall
- long random words
- RainLeafNeem38
- random, unrelated words
- False
- True
- toast@sand@lamp@42
- a good password habit
- posting it in a chat
- a good password habit
- Neem#Toast#Tiger34
- False
- a poor password habit
- boat!tiger!leaf!68
- your pet’s name
- a good password habit
- LeafNeemCorn84
- a passphrase of 3 words
- True
- NeemCloudGold67
- one password everywhere
- keeping it in your head
- True
- TigerMoonPond14
- two-step login turned on
- False
- a few random words
- Frog.Cloud.Pond84
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a good password habit
- pond.dust.toast.74
- Wheel@Fern@Ship57
- a poor password habit
- ChaiBrickLake11
- True
- changing a leaked one
- vine#boat#tiger#66
- False
- FernChaiLotus84
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