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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) posting it in a chat (c) changing a leaked one (d) the word qwerty
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) moonrainbrickplum (b) Meera!Moon!39 (c) Corn-Wheel-Dust84 (d) admin23
- 3.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloudvineshell22 (b) Fern.Tiger.2013 (c) BrickShellChai25 (d) Tara2013
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-60 (b) cloud#frog#drum#27
- 6.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) qwerty32 (b) Lotus_Cloud_2017 (c) Rain#62 (d) Corn-River-Shell75
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) nestpondmoondrum (b) Shell.Chai.2018 (c) moonferntiger67 (d) TigerKiteHill46
- 8.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) anyone can guess them (c) short and quick (d) they need no letters
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) lamplakeshellhill (b) Meera-Sand-35 (c) rain.sand.lamp.82 (d) Cloud@Wolf@2017
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou18 (b) cornlotusbellplum (c) Arjun#Wheel#79 (d) GoldTigerBrick48
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Kite18 (b) frog.neem.nest.67
- 12.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add your name (b) use only one word (c) add capitals and digits (d) make it shorter
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) one password everywhere (c) a symbol between words (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 14.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) the number 123456 (c) the word password (d) one password per account
- 15.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) writing it on your desk (c) one password everywhere (d) locking your phone
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Lake42 (b) tiger#neem#lotus#32
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem!leaf!ship!55 (b) hillnestseedpond
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) set up with a parent (c) your name and birth year (d) the number 123456
- 20.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) your pet’s name (c) posting it in a chat (d) two-step login turned on
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerSandNeem11 (b) boatneemlamppearl
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Diya#Drum#28 (b) cloud@seed@dust@65 (c) Rain@23 (d) password32
- 24.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) set up with a parent (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) long random words
- 26.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 27.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wheellamplotuskite (b) Lamp@Frog@2008 (c) Qwerty-Frog65 (d) Boat-Corn-Kite30
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Seed-61 (b) Drum#Toast#Dust59
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 31.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 33.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Boat#73 (b) Toast_Boat_Leaf21 (c) Shell!Mango!2011 (d) Kabir2015
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your phone number (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) telling a best friend
- 37.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Arjun.Lotus.44 (b) Admin#Lake11 (c) iloveyou88 (d) frog.mango.pond.41
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) your name and birth year (c) keeping it in your head (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampplumpearl28 (b) CornRainGold67
- 40.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) telling a best friend (c) writing it on your desk (d) your phone number
Answer key
- changing a leaked one
- Corn-Wheel-Dust84
- False
- BrickShellChai25
- cloud#frog#drum#27
- Corn-River-Shell75
- TigerKiteHill46
- long but easy to recall
- rain.sand.lamp.82
- GoldTigerBrick48
- frog.neem.nest.67
- add capitals and digits
- one password everywhere
- one password per account
- False
- locking your phone
- tiger#neem#lotus#32
- neem!leaf!ship!55
- set up with a parent
- two-step login turned on
- TigerSandNeem11
- a good password habit
- cloud@seed@dust@65
- False
- the word qwerty
- random, unrelated words
- Boat-Corn-Kite30
- Drum#Toast#Dust59
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- True
- a good password habit
- True
- False
- Toast_Boat_Leaf21
- a passphrase of 3 words
- frog.mango.pond.41
- your name and birth year
- CornRainGold67
- changing a leaked one
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