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.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add your name (b) make it shorter (c) add capitals and digits (d) use only one word
- 2.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) qwerty75 (b) FrogBoatVine68 (c) Toast_Gold_2009 (d) plumdrumlamptoast
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaidrumlake11 (b) DustSandPearl29
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) pearlseedmoon39 (b) Seed-14 (c) password20 (d) Neem!Lotus!Corn11
- 5.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) your name twice (c) only numbers (d) one short word
- 6.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) typing it out of sight (c) one password per account (d) posting it in a chat
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou_Toast53 (b) boatdrumlotusdust (c) Tiger-19 (d) PondRainBrick23
- 9.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloud!lamp!brick!81 (b) Admin#Bell63 (c) Boat.17 (d) Meera2010
- 11.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Brick#Lotus#2012 (b) Rohan!Tent!22 (c) lotusbellfern56 (d) Gold.Pearl.Mango82
- 13.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 14.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 15.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) change that password (b) post it online (c) use it everywhere (d) ignore it
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) your phone number (c) one password everywhere (d) your name and birth year
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) a symbol between words (c) changing a leaked one (d) the number 123456
- 18.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) anyone can guess them (c) they need no letters (d) long but easy to recall
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 20.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) the word qwerty (c) your pet’s name (d) changing a leaked one
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou16 (b) dustneemsand57 (c) Qwerty#Nest48 (d) shell.rain.wolf.59
- 22.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) your name and birth year (c) two-step login turned on (d) telling a best friend
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) changing a leaked one (c) a symbol between words (d) keeping it in your head
- 24.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password per account (b) the word qwerty (c) the word password (d) telling a best friend
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) welcome79 (b) sandlamphill51 (c) SandCloudKite60 (d) Drum-Mango-2011
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.23 (b) RiverShipChai76
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-boat-drum-39 (b) Dust-30
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Meera#Pearl#40 (b) Seed_82 (c) ToastBoatDrum22 (d) Qwerty#Pond63
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Wolf_Lamp11 (b) Letmein@Wolf39
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Lake@Rain25 (b) Arjun2008
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) brickmangoleaf54 (b) admin84 (c) Neem.Pearl.Corn37 (d) Gold.23
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin84 (b) Pearl@30 (c) Ananya2017 (d) Pearl!Brick!Toast56
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastrainboatcloud (b) BoatTigerWheel26
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password per account (c) typing it out of sight (d) changing a leaked one
- 37.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) fernshipgoldcorn (b) Bell_Lake_2012 (c) moontentmango16 (d) Shell_Lotus_Tiger46
- 39.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) one password per account (c) changing a leaked one (d) the word qwerty
- 40.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
Answer key
- add capitals and digits
- FrogBoatVine68
- DustSandPearl29
- Neem!Lotus!Corn11
- a few random words
- True
- posting it in a chat
- PondRainBrick23
- True
- cloud!lamp!brick!81
- False
- Gold.Pearl.Mango82
- a poor password habit
- random, unrelated words
- change that password
- a passphrase of 3 words
- the number 123456
- long but easy to recall
- a poor password habit
- changing a leaked one
- shell.rain.wolf.59
- two-step login turned on
- one password everywhere
- one password per account
- SandCloudKite60
- a poor password habit
- RiverShipChai76
- nest-boat-drum-39
- a good password habit
- ToastBoatDrum22
- Toast_Wolf_Lamp11
- Neem@Lake@Rain25
- Neem.Pearl.Corn37
- Pearl!Brick!Toast56
- BoatTigerWheel26
- your pet’s name
- True
- Shell_Lotus_Tiger46
- the word qwerty
- a good password habit
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