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.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 4.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) one password everywhere (c) one password per account (d) set up with a parent
- 6.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔁 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
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Lotus_2009 (b) ship_lamp_vine_31
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 11.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) nestleafcornbrick (b) mango!tiger!hill!29 (c) Vihaan2016 (d) Welcome.Ship27
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) shellcloudleafneem (b) frogriverfern85 (c) drum-frog-river-39 (d) Drum-45
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipNeemFrog78 (b) Qwerty_Lake30
- 15.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) River-54 (b) neemplumwolfvine (c) Neem-Shell-Kite51 (d) qwerty14
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Drum.63 (b) password38 (c) ToastFrogHill29 (d) brickhilldrumplum
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rain_Chai_Frog42 (b) Letmein!Toast34 (c) admin37 (d) Rohan@Kite@56
- 18.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) two-step login turned on (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) your pet’s name (d) a symbol between words
- 20.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) telling a best friend (d) changing a leaked one
- 21.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) your name twice (c) one short word (d) a few random words
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) changing a leaked one (c) locking your phone (d) set up with a parent
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-64 (b) tiger.plum.wolf.13
- 24.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) one password per account (c) two-step login turned on (d) long random words
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 26.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) one password everywhere (c) locking your phone (d) telling a best friend
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) your phone number (c) writing it on your desk (d) the number 123456
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Neem_39 (b) nesttentmangochai (c) Qwerty_Hill52 (d) Drum@Hill@Nest25
- 29.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) anyone can guess them (d) long but easy to recall
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan@Wheel@49 (b) pond.gold.tiger.19
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillPearlRiver80 (b) toastlotuskitedrum
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Cloud_35 (b) Kabir!Lotus!61 (c) Lotus@Rain@Drum11 (d) Mango#Corn#2010
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Diya#Cloud#66 (b) iloveyou65 (c) Welcome@Cloud47 (d) TigerNeemFern22
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) set up with a parent (c) your name and birth year (d) the number 123456
- 36.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) the word qwerty (c) one password everywhere (d) your name and birth year
- 37.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 39.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word password (c) your pet’s name (d) changing a leaked one
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) qwerty22 (b) Tara-Fern-67 (c) Gold@Nest@Shell20 (d) Welcome#Boat41
Answer key
- a poor password habit
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- False
- one password everywhere
- False
- change that password
- a poor password habit
- ship_lamp_vine_31
- a good password habit
- random, unrelated words
- mango!tiger!hill!29
- drum-frog-river-39
- ShipNeemFrog78
- Neem-Shell-Kite51
- ToastFrogHill29
- Rain_Chai_Frog42
- False
- your pet’s name
- telling a best friend
- a few random words
- your name and birth year
- tiger.plum.wolf.13
- posting it in a chat
- a poor password habit
- locking your phone
- a passphrase of 3 words
- Drum@Hill@Nest25
- long but easy to recall
- pond.gold.tiger.19
- a good password habit
- HillPearlRiver80
- Lotus@Rain@Drum11
- TigerNeemFern22
- set up with a parent
- typing it out of sight
- False
- a good password habit
- changing a leaked one
- Gold@Nest@Shell20
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