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) long but easy to recall (b) short and quick (c) anyone can guess them (d) they need no letters
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) locking your phone (c) your pet’s name (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Vine.Brick30 (b) Letmein.Nest28
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp!83 (b) moon_ship_river_72
- 5.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou@Ship27 (b) frogvinerain81 (c) Aarav2009 (d) brick#corn#mango#89
- 8.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password per account (c) one password everywhere (d) your name and birth year
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 11.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) change that password (b) post it online (c) ignore it (d) use it everywhere
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 13.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your family names (c) your school motto (d) a famous quote
- 14.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) telling a best friend (c) posting it in a chat (d) your name and birth year
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Tiger-2009 (b) gold_lake_lamp_25
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Brick@Gold@2011 (b) kitewheelcloud60 (c) Letmein!Brick60 (d) MoonLakeLamp21
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Drum_Brick_River21 (b) Letmein@Moon87 (c) Hill!Lotus!2011 (d) Nisha-Lamp-66
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mangoshellrainlamp (b) pond!bell!neem!40 (c) Kabir2011 (d) welcome48
- 19.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) add your name (c) make it shorter (d) use only one word
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Gold33 (b) Wheel-Lamp-Lotus22
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rohan-Hill-24 (b) dust!kite!vine!18 (c) lakehillcloud55 (d) Sand@43
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 23.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) your name and birth year (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) changing a leaked one
- 24.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your phone number (c) changing a leaked one (d) your pet’s name
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) dustneemfrogtoast (b) Rohan#Tent#13 (c) lampgolddust46 (d) vine!pond!cloud!63
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Bell-75 (b) Corn-Ship-2014 (c) plumdrumsand23 (d) fern.leaf.kite.16
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!Fern!Lotus28 (b) Lotus.Wheel.2017
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rohan-Ship-52 (b) Seed.Tiger.Rain16 (c) Tiger!Gold!2008 (d) password81
- 29.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) only numbers
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara-River-76 (b) qwerty64 (c) Saanvi2011 (d) tiger#mango#bell#84
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Saanvi!Shell!50 (b) dustshellwolf34 (c) WheelTigerKite78 (d) Boat_Lamp_2018
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornChaiPlum16 (b) tigerdustlamp60
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) plum-drum-mango-43 (b) Diya-Bell-74 (c) Welcome_Toast61 (d) password75
- 34.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 36.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 37.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Chai-Corn51 (b) Vihaan2012
- 39.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) keeping it in your head (d) the word qwerty
Answer key
- long but easy to recall
- your pet’s name
- Boat.Vine.Brick30
- moon_ship_river_72
- False
- a good password habit
- brick#corn#mango#89
- False
- one password per account
- a good password habit
- change that password
- a poor password habit
- random, unrelated words
- a symbol between words
- gold_lake_lamp_25
- MoonLakeLamp21
- Drum_Brick_River21
- pond!bell!neem!40
- add capitals and digits
- Wheel-Lamp-Lotus22
- dust!kite!vine!18
- a good password habit
- your name and birth year
- changing a leaked one
- vine!pond!cloud!63
- fern.leaf.kite.16
- Boat!Fern!Lotus28
- Seed.Tiger.Rain16
- a few random words
- tiger#mango#bell#84
- WheelTigerKite78
- CornChaiPlum16
- plum-drum-mango-43
- True
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- True
- Boat-Chai-Corn51
- True
- the word qwerty
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