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) Rain!Pond!2018 (b) bellwheelhillwolf (c) rain.tiger.fern.52 (d) Ananya#Pond#87
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word password (b) typing it out of sight (c) a symbol between words (d) one password per account
- 4.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) one short word
- 5.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) a famous quote
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) locking your phone (c) writing it on your desk (d) typing it out of sight
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) goldcloudtigersand (b) gold@mango@river@59 (c) Ishaan2013 (d) Letmein-Lamp83
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ananya2013 (b) lake!corn!tiger!71 (c) iloveyou20 (d) drumboattigerlotus
- 9.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) posting it in a chat (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Seed-Wolf85 (b) Bell!Mango!2012
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir2009 (b) drumneemrainfrog (c) RainFrogLotus10 (d) Letmein.Moon55
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Diya2017 (b) Wheel!62 (c) brickriversandvine (d) dust-brick-lamp-28
- 13.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 14.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) your pet’s name (c) the word password (d) posting it in a chat
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Hill!Seed11 (b) iloveyou83
- 16.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “the word password” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_11 (b) Brick_Leaf_Tent66
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 20.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) keeping it in your head (c) writing it on your desk (d) locking your phone
- 21.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) long random words (d) your phone number
- 24.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) they need no letters (c) short and quick (d) long but easy to recall
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word qwerty (c) the word password (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 26.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) change that password (c) post it online (d) use it everywhere
- 27.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password per account (d) locking your phone
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumtentboatmango (b) ShellTigerSand72
- 29.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) your name and birth year (d) locking your phone
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) password29 (b) Toast#Moon#Frog15 (c) Plum-60 (d) Tara@Gold@83
- 31.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Arjun#Neem#31 (b) cloudbrickmoonfern (c) Arjun2018 (d) Boat.Sand.Fern59
- 33.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) keeping it in your head (c) telling a best friend (d) your pet’s name
- 34.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 35.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) the word qwerty (c) typing it out of sight (d) your pet’s name
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Boat#52 (b) FernTentTiger68
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Nest-2016 (b) pearl.kite.bell.29
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) BellKiteHill36 (b) sanddrumplumwheel (c) Moon@62 (d) Ananya.Gold.14
- 40.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
Answer key
- rain.tiger.fern.52
- a good password habit
- the word password
- a few random words
- random, unrelated words
- writing it on your desk
- gold@mango@river@59
- lake!corn!tiger!71
- a passphrase of 3 words
- Pearl-Seed-Wolf85
- RainFrogLotus10
- dust-brick-lamp-28
- a poor password habit
- a symbol between words
- Lake!Hill!Seed11
- False
- False
- Brick_Leaf_Tent66
- a poor password habit
- writing it on your desk
- True
- False
- your phone number
- long but easy to recall
- a passphrase of 3 words
- change that password
- posting it in a chat
- ShellTigerSand72
- your name and birth year
- Toast#Moon#Frog15
- True
- Boat.Sand.Fern59
- keeping it in your head
- a good password habit
- False
- typing it out of sight
- FernTentTiger68
- pearl.kite.bell.29
- BellKiteHill36
- a good password habit
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