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.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) change that password (c) ignore it (d) use it everywhere
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Hill!Drum!Tiger12 (b) Saanvi-Cloud-30 (c) shelltentlotus88 (d) Chai-River-2013
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake-tent-shell-57 (b) iloveyou29
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) keeping it in your head (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the word password
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold@Wheel@Seed66 (b) vinefrogleafsand
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldfrogvinebell (b) Tiger.Nest.Gold79
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tiger.Fern.Lamp75 (b) drumvinesand84 (c) Aarav2014 (d) wheelfernlotusnest
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumshipvinekite (b) tent-fern-wheel-43
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangopearlchai36 (b) Cloud@Shell@Ship69
- 11.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) your pet’s name (c) one password everywhere (d) the word password
- 13.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust!wheel!toast!19 (b) password55
- 15.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloudboatbellnest (b) Boat#Dust#2017 (c) Ananya_Plum_18 (d) VineWolfPlum46
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Wheel.Bell48 (b) welcome71
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 19.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin30 (b) Letmein@Tiger37 (c) Brick-80 (d) Chai_Lamp_Seed53
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wolf.Lake.2010 (b) bell@ship@chai@77 (c) Nisha2009 (d) Neem@78
- 21.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) changing a leaked one (c) keeping it in your head (d) telling a best friend
- 22.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) the word qwerty (c) long random words (d) your name and birth year
- 23.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) two-step login turned on (c) your pet’s name (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Corn!2014 (b) Shell.Hill.Plum57
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lamp!11 (b) iloveyou74 (c) Frog-Pond-Hill47 (d) lakekitecorntoast
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Arjun_Cloud_24 (b) Pond!Lake!Wheel27 (c) Kabir2008 (d) tigerwheelriverneem
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) telling a best friend (c) your pet’s name (d) typing it out of sight
- 28.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a symbol between words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 29.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipvineleaf20 (b) LotusMoonFern62
- 31.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 32.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) your phone number (c) keeping it in your head (d) changing a leaked one
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) your pet’s name (c) the word password (d) telling a best friend
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) the number 123456 (c) writing it on your desk (d) telling a best friend
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#brick#leaf#85 (b) admin35
- 36.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) short and quick (c) anyone can guess them (d) long but easy to recall
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) writing it on your desk (c) one password per account (d) keeping it in your head
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) LampRainTent73
Answer key
- change that password
- Hill!Drum!Tiger12
- lake-tent-shell-57
- the word password
- Gold@Wheel@Seed66
- Tiger.Nest.Gold79
- Tiger.Fern.Lamp75
- a poor password habit
- tent-fern-wheel-43
- Cloud@Shell@Ship69
- False
- two-step login turned on
- a good password habit
- dust!wheel!toast!19
- VineWolfPlum46
- Fern.Wheel.Bell48
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- Chai_Lamp_Seed53
- bell@ship@chai@77
- telling a best friend
- long random words
- your pet’s name
- Shell.Hill.Plum57
- Frog-Pond-Hill47
- Pond!Lake!Wheel27
- typing it out of sight
- a good password habit
- False
- LotusMoonFern62
- random, unrelated words
- your phone number
- long random words
- locking your phone
- lamp#brick#leaf#85
- True
- a good password habit
- long but easy to recall
- writing it on your desk
- LampRainTent73
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