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 is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) the word qwerty (c) typing it out of sight (d) your phone number
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a symbol between words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 5.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) short and quick (c) they need no letters (d) anyone can guess them
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word password (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) set up with a parent (d) typing it out of sight
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Toast30 (b) GoldLakeWheel10
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) a symbol between words (c) two-step login turned on (d) locking your phone
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-48 (b) PondSandVine15
- 10.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 12.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) a few random words
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nisha2015 (b) Sand.Hill.Nest54 (c) Drum#Frog#2015 (d) Mango!29
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password-Mango84 (b) Kabir_Bell_76 (c) welcome60 (d) Lamp.Shell.Tiger48
- 15.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) the number 123456 (c) locking your phone (d) your name and birth year
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteLotusLamp59 (b) Password#Dust18
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 18.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) set up with a parent (c) the number 123456 (d) posting it in a chat
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Ship30 (b) Dust_Ship_Wolf32
- 23.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the number 123456 (b) a symbol between words (c) your pet’s name (d) one password everywhere
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandmangonestboat (b) pond_wheel_vine_70
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) telling a best friend (c) two-step login turned on (d) the word qwerty
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Arjun2008 (b) tigerchaigoldlotus (c) Brick!Sand!Pond73 (d) Shell!75
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) change that password (c) use it everywhere (d) ignore it
- 31.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) posting it in a chat (c) one password per account (d) the number 123456
- 33.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) your phone number (c) your name and birth year (d) a symbol between words
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) qwerty16 (b) sand-leaf-tiger-11 (c) Moon!Lotus!2016 (d) Meera-Lamp-68
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 36.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) one password per account (c) two-step login turned on (d) the word qwerty
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) set up with a parent (c) your pet’s name (d) two-step login turned on
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) GoldShellVine20
- 39.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) the word password (c) typing it out of sight (d) changing a leaked one
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) the word qwerty (c) the number 123456 (d) one password per account
Answer key
- typing it out of sight
- a poor password habit
- False
- a good password habit
- long but easy to recall
- the word password
- GoldLakeWheel10
- the word qwerty
- PondSandVine15
- True
- random, unrelated words
- a few random words
- Sand.Hill.Nest54
- Lamp.Shell.Tiger48
- locking your phone
- KiteLotusLamp59
- a good password habit
- True
- True
- set up with a parent
- a good password habit
- Dust_Ship_Wolf32
- False
- a symbol between words
- a good password habit
- pond_wheel_vine_70
- two-step login turned on
- Brick!Sand!Pond73
- a good password habit
- change that password
- False
- one password per account
- a symbol between words
- sand-leaf-tiger-11
- a good password habit
- the word qwerty
- your pet’s name
- GoldShellVine20
- the word password
- one password per account
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