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 is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) typing it out of sight (c) changing a leaked one (d) your pet’s name
- 2.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) anyone can guess them (c) short and quick (d) they need no letters
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Mango#Tiger#2014 (b) Diya#Boat#73 (c) frogvinelakeriver (d) ToastGoldSeed12
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the number 123456 (b) your name and birth year (c) changing a leaked one (d) the word qwerty
- 6.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) random, unrelated words (c) your school motto (d) a famous quote
- 7.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite!toast!wolf!73 (b) tentshellrain55
- 10.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) fernbricksand11 (b) lake!sand!pearl!23 (c) River.Ship.2014 (d) Vihaan2018
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) changing a leaked one (c) your phone number (d) the word qwerty
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@toast@lamp@31 (b) Arjun#Drum#36
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Hill@89 (b) leaf@pond@lotus@20 (c) Vihaan-Vine-78 (d) riverpondbellkite
- 15.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) the number 123456 (c) two-step login turned on (d) long random words
- 16.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) keeping it in your head (c) one password per account (d) typing it out of sight
- 17.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir_Brick_38 (b) Seed-Toast-Hill34 (c) Rain_Drum_2009 (d) wheelnestpondtent
- 19.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand_Neem_Kite63 (b) iloveyou30 (c) Shell.Lake.2015 (d) Nisha2018
- 20.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) locking your phone (c) your name and birth year (d) one password everywhere
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin83 (b) lotus_neem_shell_45
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlneembrick39 (b) Sand-Wolf-Pond42
- 23.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) your name and birth year (c) posting it in a chat (d) one password per account
- 24.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) keeping it in your head (c) telling a best friend (d) two-step login turned on
- 25.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafBoatSand32 (b) Lotus!32
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) telling a best friend (c) two-step login turned on (d) your pet’s name
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the number 123456 (c) the word qwerty (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wheelrainneem64 (b) Letmein!Sand35 (c) ShellShipCloud75 (d) Tent!Lotus!2015
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Leaf@Mango83 (b) Password_Chai32
- 32.🔁 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
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your pet’s name (c) keeping it in your head (d) the word password
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Kite-Moon22 (b) Ananya2013
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ship-Plum-2015 (b) Rain-Seed-Wolf14 (c) Welcome@Mango52 (d) riverplumboat62
- 37.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tentbrickdrumneem (b) Shell-Lotus-Nest33 (c) Ishaan-Mango-70 (d) moonkitepond26
- 38.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Diya-Gold-43 (b) Frog-Hill-2011 (c) Aarav2013 (d) neem-pearl-river-67
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand_Hill_2013 (b) password87 (c) Wheel-Rain-Lake79 (d) River@65
Answer key
- your pet’s name
- False
- long but easy to recall
- ToastGoldSeed12
- changing a leaked one
- random, unrelated words
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- kite!toast!wolf!73
- False
- lake!sand!pearl!23
- changing a leaked one
- tiger@toast@lamp@31
- leaf@pond@lotus@20
- the number 123456
- your name and birth year
- True
- Seed-Toast-Hill34
- Sand_Neem_Kite63
- locking your phone
- lotus_neem_shell_45
- Sand-Wolf-Pond42
- one password per account
- telling a best friend
- False
- LeafBoatSand32
- a good password habit
- two-step login turned on
- a passphrase of 3 words
- ShellShipCloud75
- Tent@Leaf@Mango83
- change that password
- keeping it in your head
- Rain-Kite-Moon22
- a poor password habit
- Rain-Seed-Wolf14
- Shell-Lotus-Nest33
- False
- neem-pearl-river-67
- Wheel-Rain-Lake79
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