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) anyone can guess them (b) they need no letters (c) short and quick (d) long but easy to recall
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password#Tiger79 (b) letmein31 (c) GoldBrickNeem75 (d) Rohan-Boat-50
- 3.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) ignore it (c) change that password (d) use it everywhere
- 4.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Qwerty_Pond66 (b) Tara_Frog_23 (c) ToastBellCorn10 (d) plumtoastbrick12
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.pond.dust.69 (b) Wolf_Frog_2013
- 7.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) a famous quote
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password everywhere (d) typing it out of sight
- 9.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) one password everywhere (c) the number 123456 (d) long random words
- 10.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) two-step login turned on (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) one password per account
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Hill!29 (b) MangoPondWolf48 (c) Qwerty_Vine69 (d) Kabir.Lamp.30
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nest@Boat@Pearl57 (b) Rohan!Nest!71 (c) Vihaan2008 (d) Sand.Nest.2016
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Neem_Toast_Nest38 (b) vinetentcorntoast (c) iloveyou54 (d) Meera2009
- 15.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloudplumsand52 (b) Moon_70 (c) Cloud-Brick-2016 (d) neem-lamp-chai-39
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Lamp.Pearl29 (b) Vine@78
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-mango-dust-56 (b) admin75
- 21.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus.plum.dust.46 (b) chailampseednest
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) bell@gold@hill@42 (b) pearlpondsandlotus (c) Drum.Frog.2018 (d) Wheel_65
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wheel_Leaf_2008 (b) CornBellLotus31 (c) fernchaiseedlake (d) Nisha2015
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) telling a best friend
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) your pet’s name (c) a symbol between words (d) typing it out of sight
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) the word qwerty (c) locking your phone (d) your phone number
- 28.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Meera2016 (b) Corn.Neem.Rain30 (c) Ishaan@Shell@42 (d) pondneembell86
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) set up with a parent (c) keeping it in your head (d) the word qwerty
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara2008 (b) drumkitetiger67 (c) sand_wolf_chai_55 (d) password72
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) two-step login turned on (c) your name and birth year (d) set up with a parent
- 33.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word password (b) locking your phone (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) typing it out of sight
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) your phone number (c) your pet’s name (d) the number 123456
- 35.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) changing a leaked one (c) a symbol between words (d) the word qwerty
- 36.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) the number 123456 (c) your name and birth year (d) writing it on your desk
- 37.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) writing it on your desk (c) one password per account (d) your name and birth year
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) changing a leaked one (c) writing it on your desk (d) typing it out of sight
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Corn-2009 (b) Wolf@Frog@Seed54
Answer key
- long but easy to recall
- GoldBrickNeem75
- change that password
- False
- ToastBellCorn10
- wheel.pond.dust.69
- random, unrelated words
- one password everywhere
- long random words
- True
- one password everywhere
- MangoPondWolf48
- Nest@Boat@Pearl57
- Neem_Toast_Nest38
- a few random words
- neem-lamp-chai-39
- a poor password habit
- Vine.Lamp.Pearl29
- a poor password habit
- tiger-mango-dust-56
- True
- lotus.plum.dust.46
- bell@gold@hill@42
- CornBellLotus31
- keeping it in your head
- your pet’s name
- locking your phone
- False
- Corn.Neem.Rain30
- the word qwerty
- sand_wolf_chai_55
- your name and birth year
- the word password
- a symbol between words
- the word qwerty
- keeping it in your head
- True
- one password per account
- writing it on your desk
- Wolf@Frog@Seed54
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