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) Corn@Tent@2018 (b) cornseedtoastpearl (c) leafmangopond53 (d) Shell-Tiger-Neem78
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) telling a best friend (c) the number 123456 (d) your phone number
- 4.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 5.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 8.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) posting it in a chat (c) the word password (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafWolfCorn57 (b) Chai_Shell_2009
- 11.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) change that password (b) ignore it (c) post it online (d) use it everywhere
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) changing a leaked one (c) telling a best friend (d) the word password
- 13.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) the word password (c) your name and birth year (d) a symbol between words
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) changing a leaked one (c) your pet’s name (d) typing it out of sight
- 15.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) use only one word (b) add capitals and digits (c) add your name (d) make it shorter
- 16.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 17.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) telling a best friend (d) a symbol between words
- 19.True or false: “your phone number” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2012 (b) pond#drum#toast#71
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 23.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum_shell_moon_80 (b) Gold#Ship#2010
- 25.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) set up with a parent (c) two-step login turned on (d) the word password
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Hill-89 (b) Drum-Vine-2017 (c) welcome55 (d) TentDrumRain23
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) the number 123456 (c) long random words (d) one password everywhere
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wheel.Cloud.2012 (b) Vine@Bell@Tiger44 (c) brickrainvineriver (d) Iloveyou_Brick14
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) writing it on your desk (c) the number 123456 (d) your phone number
- 31.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password everywhere
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Hill_2010 (b) TigerDustDrum29
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein45 (b) Bell_Tent_Lamp18 (c) chaitigertentdust (d) Ishaan2012
- 34.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wheel@River@Nest85 (b) Aarav2010 (c) nestferntiger80 (d) mangohilllampwolf
- 36.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou-Hill76 (b) password49 (c) Arjun2015 (d) lamp.rain.frog.19
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) brickkitegoldnest (b) Fern@Wheel@2010 (c) letmein85 (d) NeemFernShell89
Answer key
- Shell-Tiger-Neem78
- a poor password habit
- two-step login turned on
- a poor password habit
- False
- True
- random, unrelated words
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a poor password habit
- LeafWolfCorn57
- change that password
- changing a leaked one
- a symbol between words
- your pet’s name
- add capitals and digits
- long but easy to recall
- False
- telling a best friend
- True
- pond#drum#toast#71
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- True
- plum_shell_moon_80
- the word password
- TentDrumRain23
- long random words
- Vine@Bell@Tiger44
- a good password habit
- keeping it in your head
- one password everywhere
- TigerDustDrum29
- Bell_Tent_Lamp18
- True
- Wheel@River@Nest85
- False
- False
- True
- lamp.rain.frog.19
- NeemFernShell89
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