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.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) anyone can guess them (c) they need no letters (d) long but easy to recall
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Cloud15 (b) ShipMoonSand44
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lotus@85 (b) admin89 (c) boat@bell@shell@14 (d) pearltigerrainboat
- 4.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) keeping it in your head (c) a symbol between words (d) your name and birth year
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) telling a best friend (c) one password per account (d) two-step login turned on
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemplumkite23 (b) River#Ship#Dust41
- 7.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakemoonpearl87 (b) toast_bell_river_16
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) fernvinekiteshell (b) moon.rain.brick.19 (c) Diya.Neem.38 (d) boathillmango78
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a symbol between words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogShellLotus22 (b) Cloud_13
- 13.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) two-step login turned on (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password per account
- 15.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) two-step login turned on (c) locking your phone (d) your pet’s name
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boatseedlampdust (b) Ishaan@Tent@12 (c) riverlampnest27 (d) Tiger-Pond-Moon58
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Rain_Leaf50 (b) Cloud.20
- 19.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir2014 (b) Drum-30 (c) NestMoonBell38 (d) admin49
- 21.➕ 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick#hill#vine#14 (b) Corn_63
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Bell@Chai@2011 (b) Arjun2008 (c) Frog#89 (d) Wolf#Nest#Hill33
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) your pet’s name (c) the word qwerty (d) two-step login turned on
- 25.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Kite#Frog87 (b) Bell!Drum!2018
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) ship!pearl!lotus!80 (b) Lamp@Lotus@2011 (c) letmein17 (d) Saanvi2017
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your name and birth year (c) one password everywhere (d) locking your phone
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your pet’s name (c) writing it on your desk (d) set up with a parent
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Lotus#38 (b) Frog-Fern-Ship80
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Tent#Lamp32 (b) Toast!Sand!2018
- 33.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) changing a leaked one (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoChaiVine31 (b) Drum#Dust#2011
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornPlumMango78 (b) cornfernbell82
- 37.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Neem#Mango#2009 (b) GoldLeafTent12 (c) drummangobrick82 (d) Vihaan2012
- 38.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 39.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) the word password (c) your name and birth year (d) the word qwerty
Answer key
- long but easy to recall
- ShipMoonSand44
- boat@bell@shell@14
- your name and birth year
- telling a best friend
- River#Ship#Dust41
- random, unrelated words
- a good password habit
- toast_bell_river_16
- moon.rain.brick.19
- a good password habit
- FrogShellLotus22
- a poor password habit
- writing it on your desk
- True
- your pet’s name
- Tiger-Pond-Moon58
- Wolf_Rain_Leaf50
- True
- NestMoonBell38
- add capitals and digits
- brick#hill#vine#14
- Wolf#Nest#Hill33
- two-step login turned on
- True
- Fern#Kite#Frog87
- a poor password habit
- ship!pearl!lotus!80
- locking your phone
- set up with a parent
- Frog-Fern-Ship80
- Ship#Tent#Lamp32
- False
- the number 123456
- MangoChaiVine31
- CornPlumMango78
- GoldLeafTent12
- a few random words
- True
- a symbol between words
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