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.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 2.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add your name (c) use only one word (d) add capitals and digits
- 3.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) your phone number (c) changing a leaked one (d) your name and birth year
- 5.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 6.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Brick.67 (b) Tiger@Lamp@Lake19 (c) Letmein#Hill11 (d) Lake-Kite-2009
- 7.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#35 (b) Lake-Brick-Neem55
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) drumlamprainvine (b) Seed.Tent.Kite45 (c) Meera!Leaf!41 (d) Iloveyou.Drum38
- 11.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leafshellmangoship (b) tentlaketoast20 (c) Tiger.30 (d) RainBoatChai26
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Cloud@Kite82 (b) iloveyou77
- 14.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) your name and birth year (c) one password everywhere (d) two-step login turned on
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Seed20 (b) Vine_Nest_Hill63
- 16.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) sand_nest_fern_14 (b) Mango!Moon!2016 (c) boatsandlotusneem (d) tigertoastbell77
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tent@plum@kite@27 (b) Diya2015 (c) Welcome.Tiger29 (d) shippearlnestpond
- 19.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) your pet’s name (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password per account
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandBellPlum47 (b) cloudshellchai50
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) sand.neem.lotus.25 (b) Wolf#47 (c) Ananya.Vine.23 (d) Chai!Vine!2013
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) MangoNestKite72 (b) Kite.48 (c) Kabir!Fern!24 (d) lampraingold35
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_River_13 (b) toast@sand@wolf@86
- 24.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome-Boat31 (b) qwerty49 (c) boat@neem@leaf@50 (d) Ishaan2008
- 26.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipLakeBell40 (b) Saanvi#Wolf#10
- 28.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) two-step login turned on (c) changing a leaked one (d) the number 123456
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leaf.vine.wheel.14 (b) Fern.16 (c) qwerty31 (d) Ship.Lamp.2011
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) your name and birth year (c) keeping it in your head (d) your phone number
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kite-31 (b) Ishaan.Mango.56 (c) Qwerty-Corn67 (d) plum-nest-river-25
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Drum@Wolf@2018 (b) letmein61 (c) Lotus.72 (d) Neem@Toast@Seed50
- 33.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Bell42 (b) shell!cloud!sand!53
- 35.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) the number 123456 (c) your pet’s name (d) one password everywhere
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leafneemplumtoast (b) Vine.14 (c) Kite.Tiger.2010 (d) gold.tiger.pond.54
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-46 (b) lamp#wheel#lotus#55
- 38.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password#Frog44 (b) Kabir2010 (c) vinebrickshelltent (d) SandTigerDrum86
- 40.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) ignore it (c) post it online (d) change that password
Answer key
- a good password habit
- add capitals and digits
- a few random words
- changing a leaked one
- a poor password habit
- Tiger@Lamp@Lake19
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- Lake-Brick-Neem55
- Seed.Tent.Kite45
- long but easy to recall
- RainBoatChai26
- Frog@Cloud@Kite82
- two-step login turned on
- Vine_Nest_Hill63
- False
- sand_nest_fern_14
- tent@plum@kite@27
- your pet’s name
- SandBellPlum47
- sand.neem.lotus.25
- MangoNestKite72
- toast@sand@wolf@86
- True
- boat@neem@leaf@50
- False
- ShipLakeBell40
- the number 123456
- leaf.vine.wheel.14
- keeping it in your head
- plum-nest-river-25
- Neem@Toast@Seed50
- False
- shell!cloud!sand!53
- locking your phone
- gold.tiger.pond.54
- lamp#wheel#lotus#55
- random, unrelated words
- SandTigerDrum86
- change that password
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