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) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) long but easy to recall (d) anyone can guess them
- 2.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) two-step login turned on (c) typing it out of sight (d) set up with a parent
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.70 (b) drum_sand_corn_30
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.65 (b) wheel@tiger@mango@27
- 5.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand-25 (b) plumlakevine66 (c) Meera2010 (d) FernBrickCorn42
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellChaiFern85 (b) Meera2012
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mangoneemmoon25 (b) plumbricklotuspond (c) Ananya2012 (d) Drum_Toast_Lake79
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) telling a best friend (c) the number 123456 (d) two-step login turned on
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rohan_Tiger_79 (b) bell.leaf.wolf.71 (c) Fern@79 (d) Neem-Lake-2009
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) a symbol between words (c) posting it in a chat (d) locking your phone
- 14.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) one short word
- 15.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) change that password (c) ignore it (d) post it online
- 16.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) changing a leaked one (c) one password per account (d) telling a best friend
- 18.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tenttigerhill66 (b) Nisha.Gold.80 (c) riverleaffrogseed (d) SeedWolfHill66
- 21.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) a symbol between words (c) telling a best friend (d) your pet’s name
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password everywhere (c) one password per account (d) telling a best friend
- 23.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) random, unrelated words (c) a famous quote (d) your family names
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) the number 123456 (c) the word password (d) keeping it in your head
- 26.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word password (c) your name and birth year (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 27.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) moongoldleaflamp (b) TigerBoatMoon70 (c) Diya2012 (d) Fern_Sand_2015
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) set up with a parent (c) writing it on your desk (d) the word qwerty
- 31.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word qwerty (c) two-step login turned on (d) posting it in a chat
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tiger.Rain.Lamp58 (b) Diya2009 (c) brickwolflake12 (d) Iloveyou-Shell18
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Leaf@Chai@2011 (b) Lake#38 (c) BrickLotusChai24 (d) Aarav2018
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Mango@Wolf@Bell56 (b) Welcome@Vine78 (c) Aarav2009 (d) Wolf!Drum!2010
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wolflotusseedmoon (b) Corn.Seed.Vine82 (c) qwerty54 (d) wheelcloudmoon41
- 36.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (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) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) long random words (c) changing a leaked one (d) your name and birth year
- 39.True or false: “the word password” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) locking your phone (c) one password everywhere (d) the number 123456
Answer key
- long but easy to recall
- the number 123456
- drum_sand_corn_30
- wheel@tiger@mango@27
- FernBrickCorn42
- ShellChaiFern85
- Drum_Toast_Lake79
- two-step login turned on
- bell.leaf.wolf.71
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- posting it in a chat
- a few random words
- change that password
- True
- telling a best friend
- True
- False
- SeedWolfHill66
- a symbol between words
- one password per account
- True
- random, unrelated words
- keeping it in your head
- a passphrase of 3 words
- False
- TigerBoatMoon70
- a poor password habit
- set up with a parent
- two-step login turned on
- Tiger.Rain.Lamp58
- BrickLotusChai24
- Mango@Wolf@Bell56
- Corn.Seed.Vine82
- a poor password habit
- True
- your name and birth year
- True
- locking your phone
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