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) a symbol between words (b) set up with a parent (c) your pet’s name (d) locking your phone
- 2.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add capitals and digits (c) use only one word (d) add your name
- 3.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) set up with a parent (c) writing it on your desk (d) locking your phone
- 5.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) change that password (c) use it everywhere (d) ignore it
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 7.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) typing it out of sight
- 9.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) locking your phone (c) your name and birth year (d) one password per account
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Admin.Frog12 (b) Ishaan@Neem@40 (c) frograinhill26 (d) toast!wheel!chai!47
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) posting it in a chat (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password everywhere
- 13.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 16.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 17.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernCloudWolf89 (b) Meera2010
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mango-lotus-wolf-28 (b) Plum-72 (c) Rohan.Rain.18 (d) Fern.Kite.2012
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 23.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Toast_28 (b) drumkitetiger43 (c) BrickToastRain72 (d) letmein46
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Chai.Shell39 (b) lotustoastdrumgold
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wheelseeddrum70 (b) dustneemwheeltoast (c) CloudBoatBrick17 (d) Nest!Cloud!2017
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick#lotus#moon#34 (b) Plum-Dust-2010
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) long random words (c) one password per account (d) your name and birth year
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Frog28 (b) River_Sand_Mango42
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatplumgoldship (b) Pearl.Nest.Toast34
- 34.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) long but easy to recall (c) they need no letters (d) anyone can guess them
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Plum_2009 (b) LakeSeedCorn17
- 36.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password everywhere (c) the word qwerty (d) long random words
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password67 (b) frog-wheel-moon-36
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 39.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome55 (b) toast#brick#dust#72
Answer key
- your pet’s name
- add capitals and digits
- True
- writing it on your desk
- change that password
- a poor password habit
- False
- typing it out of sight
- your name and birth year
- a good password habit
- toast!wheel!chai!47
- changing a leaked one
- True
- True
- a poor password habit
- a poor password habit
- False
- True
- FernCloudWolf89
- a good password habit
- mango-lotus-wolf-28
- a poor password habit
- False
- BrickToastRain72
- a good password habit
- Frog.Chai.Shell39
- a good password habit
- True
- CloudBoatBrick17
- brick#lotus#moon#34
- your name and birth year
- River_Sand_Mango42
- Pearl.Nest.Toast34
- long but easy to recall
- LakeSeedCorn17
- long random words
- frog-wheel-moon-36
- a good password habit
- random, unrelated words
- toast#brick#dust#72
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