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 password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou36 (b) Wolf!20 (c) wheeldrumriver11 (d) WheelBrickDrum33
- 2.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp!Wolf!Leaf16 (b) Iloveyou!Pearl20
- 4.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) set up with a parent (c) telling a best friend (d) changing a leaked one
- 6.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) your name twice (c) one short word (d) only numbers
- 7.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) random, unrelated words (c) a famous quote (d) your family names
- 8.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) the number 123456 (c) your name and birth year (d) one password everywhere
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 10.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Brick-Lotus-Shell30 (b) Shell@13 (c) Gold!Plum!2011 (d) lotusneemmangolamp
- 13.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) a symbol between words (c) your pet’s name (d) typing it out of sight
- 14.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillwheelrivervine (b) Corn#Plum#Bell77
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) pondhillwheel71 (b) Cloud#19 (c) SeedLeafLotus65 (d) mangorainlakedrum
- 17.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word qwerty (c) one password everywhere (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-River-83 (b) sand#lotus#frog#53
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) one password everywhere (c) your name and birth year (d) posting it in a chat
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) your phone number (d) one password per account
- 22.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) long random words (c) a symbol between words (d) the number 123456
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandwolfcorn89 (b) plum@vine@gold@29
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust#ship#kite#36 (b) Welcome-Plum14
- 25.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) one password per account (c) your phone number (d) telling a best friend
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 27.🔁 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
- 28.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) your pet’s name (c) posting it in a chat (d) keeping it in your head
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglaketoast62 (b) TigerTentMango82
- 30.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) set up with a parent (c) locking your phone (d) the word password
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome!Plum19 (b) Cloud_Frog_Fern10 (c) Shell-Wolf-2014 (d) nestboatseed31
- 33.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password per account (d) your phone number
- 34.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoPlumRain30 (b) cornchailotushill
- 36.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) the word qwerty (c) your pet’s name (d) your name and birth year
- 38.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 40.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) two-step login turned on (c) set up with a parent (d) keeping it in your head
Answer key
- WheelBrickDrum33
- True
- Lamp!Wolf!Leaf16
- long but easy to recall
- telling a best friend
- a few random words
- random, unrelated words
- changing a leaked one
- a poor password habit
- False
- a good password habit
- Brick-Lotus-Shell30
- your pet’s name
- False
- Corn#Plum#Bell77
- SeedLeafLotus65
- a passphrase of 3 words
- sand#lotus#frog#53
- set up with a parent
- a poor password habit
- your phone number
- the number 123456
- plum@vine@gold@29
- dust#ship#kite#36
- one password per account
- a good password habit
- change that password
- keeping it in your head
- TigerTentMango82
- the word password
- a good password habit
- Cloud_Frog_Fern10
- your phone number
- False
- MangoPlumRain30
- False
- two-step login turned on
- True
- a good password habit
- writing it on your desk
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