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.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) long but easy to recall (d) anyone can guess them
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ananya!Fern!59 (b) hill-pearl-nest-16 (c) Welcome!Plum14 (d) neemleafbellbrick
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornwheelship36 (b) LampMangoVine86
- 5.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) changing a leaked one (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your pet’s name
- 7.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) writing it on your desk (b) locking your phone (c) your phone number (d) your pet’s name
- 8.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) drumshipfernlamp (b) plumhillshell58 (c) Boat_Moon_Plum88 (d) iloveyou28
- 10.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) your name twice (c) a few random words (d) one short word
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) a symbol between words (c) one password everywhere (d) your pet’s name
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Neem_67 (b) Corn!Seed!Moon78
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger#Nest#Fern52 (b) Tara!Kite!69
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaftentcorn56 (b) CornFernBell44
- 15.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) keeping it in your head (c) posting it in a chat (d) the number 123456
- 16.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) typing it out of sight (c) the word password (d) changing a leaked one
- 18.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) the word password (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 19.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein57 (b) Tara2014 (c) vinelakepearlhill (d) RiverLeafDrum24
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Moon-Seed-2012 (b) Shell_17 (c) frogneemseedtoast (d) River.Hill.Cloud30
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password-River80 (b) cloudseedlampship (c) tigercloudmoon10 (d) Drum!Gold!Lamp76
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) LampBellSand83 (b) Iloveyou.Dust70 (c) belldrumhill15 (d) Kabir!Seed!58
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) KitePondTent39 (b) Bell#36 (c) River_Chai_2016 (d) moonboatlotus22
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara2015 (b) Fern-41 (c) lotusriverhill15 (d) HillTigerCloud53
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 29.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) the word qwerty (c) two-step login turned on (d) locking your phone
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kite-Nest-2010 (b) Rohan!Pond!83 (c) LotusLeafShip21 (d) welcome56
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) set up with a parent (c) long random words (d) your name and birth year
- 32.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelPearlToast62 (b) Diya!Tent!71
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Wolf.Rain19 (b) Iloveyou-Dust24
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) hillleafmoonboat (b) neemnestvine10 (c) Arjun2013 (d) Sand!Nest!Plum11
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Leaf!Corn!Vine80 (b) admin77 (c) Meera-Bell-19 (d) Rohan2010
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) chai.tiger.leaf.31 (b) pondcloudmangoshell (c) River!Rain!2017 (d) Admin.Sand48
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) NestCornCloud52 (b) Tara2009 (c) Seed@Ship@2008 (d) goldcloudhill32
Answer key
- long but easy to recall
- a poor password habit
- hill-pearl-nest-16
- LampMangoVine86
- a good password habit
- your pet’s name
- locking your phone
- False
- Boat_Moon_Plum88
- a few random words
- a symbol between words
- Corn!Seed!Moon78
- Tiger#Nest#Fern52
- CornFernBell44
- keeping it in your head
- False
- the word password
- a passphrase of 3 words
- False
- random, unrelated words
- RiverLeafDrum24
- River.Hill.Cloud30
- Drum!Gold!Lamp76
- LampBellSand83
- KitePondTent39
- HillTigerCloud53
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- the word qwerty
- LotusLeafShip21
- your name and birth year
- a poor password habit
- WheelPearlToast62
- Sand.Wolf.Rain19
- Sand!Nest!Plum11
- Leaf!Corn!Vine80
- a good password habit
- False
- chai.tiger.leaf.31
- NestCornCloud52
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