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.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) only numbers
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Nest-Tent29 (b) Mango#29
- 3.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) telling a best friend (c) your name and birth year (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 4.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) a famous quote (b) your school motto (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 5.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineBoatLeaf69 (b) Letmein-Fern89
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustpondtiger51 (b) lotus.hill.frog.13
- 8.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) typing it out of sight (c) the word qwerty (d) two-step login turned on
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerlotusgold41 (b) kite#drum#chai#61
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou!Kite62 (b) Lake#Dust#2012 (c) Nisha-Neem-14 (d) shell!boat!river!23
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) Ship@Boat@Toast27
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) typing it out of sight (c) your name and birth year (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Letmein.Sand30 (b) Ship_Drum_Lamp36 (c) Nisha2012 (d) plummangolampseed
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#67 (b) lake_kite_pearl_10
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@47 (b) Lake#River#Wolf47
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) your phone number (c) two-step login turned on (d) set up with a parent
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Tent-2015 (b) LampRainBell54
- 18.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) your name and birth year (c) long random words (d) writing it on your desk
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Bell.2011 (b) Moon-Sand-Bell87
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) keeping it in your head (c) two-step login turned on (d) changing a leaked one
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!13 (b) Shell!Sand!Nest21
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) writing it on your desk (c) the word qwerty (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 25.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 27.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir@Wheel@50 (b) frognesttent72 (c) Rohan2009 (d) Chai!Pearl!Brick21
- 28.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) the word password (c) one password everywhere (d) locking your phone
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password#Seed25 (b) Ananya_Lotus_30 (c) plumshellmoonleaf (d) Brick@Wolf@Vine19
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) the word password (c) set up with a parent (d) your pet’s name
- 31.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) set up with a parent (c) long random words (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 32.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!neem!lamp!65 (b) Toast!45
- 34.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Shell-78 (b) tigersandwheelleaf (c) Arjun_Lotus_54 (d) MangoFrogNeem74
- 37.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wheelpondboat70 (b) Wolf.Shell.Ship57 (c) Rohan2014 (d) Aarav-Pearl-52
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) welcome28 (b) pondnestlake39 (c) Aarav2016 (d) Hill@River@Wheel58
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) the number 123456 (c) the word qwerty (d) two-step login turned on
- 40.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a few random words
- Dust-Nest-Tent29
- a passphrase of 3 words
- random, unrelated words
- a poor password habit
- VineBoatLeaf69
- lotus.hill.frog.13
- the word qwerty
- kite#drum#chai#61
- shell!boat!river!23
- Ship@Boat@Toast27
- your name and birth year
- Ship_Drum_Lamp36
- lake_kite_pearl_10
- Lake#River#Wolf47
- your phone number
- LampRainBell54
- False
- long random words
- Moon-Sand-Bell87
- a poor password habit
- the word qwerty
- Shell!Sand!Nest21
- a passphrase of 3 words
- False
- long but easy to recall
- Chai!Pearl!Brick21
- locking your phone
- Brick@Wolf@Vine19
- set up with a parent
- the number 123456
- a poor password habit
- pearl!neem!lamp!65
- False
- False
- MangoFrogNeem74
- Wolf.Shell.Ship57
- Hill@River@Wheel58
- two-step login turned on
- False
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