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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@toast@pond@73 (b) toastgoldcornbrick
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) a symbol between words (c) your pet’s name (d) the number 123456
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou#Brick26 (b) fernpondtent39 (c) SandWolfRiver25 (d) qwerty22
- 4.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) keeping it in your head (c) a symbol between words (d) your name and birth year
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) locking your phone (c) typing it out of sight (d) changing a leaked one
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 7.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) your phone number (c) the number 123456 (d) your name and birth year
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Toast!Dust!2014 (b) admin25 (c) Tent!Tiger!Lotus39 (d) Ishaan!Leaf!35
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) locking your phone (c) set up with a parent (d) posting it in a chat
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_hill_tiger_67 (b) hillwheelcornwolf
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 13.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Admin-Nest70 (b) wheelchaibrickdrum (c) Rohan2010 (d) gold!tiger!corn!35
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.42 (b) cloud_chai_shell_63
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) typing it out of sight (c) one password everywhere (d) the word password
- 17.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2012 (b) KiteFernMango43
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) one password everywhere (d) posting it in a chat
- 23.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your school motto
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 25.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_34 (b) TentBellWolf13
- 27.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boatkitelotustent (b) Lamp-64 (c) letmein25 (d) bell!chai!lamp!40
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tigerlakecloudmoon (b) BellChaiSeed46 (c) Lake.Tiger.2009 (d) vinemoonleaf76
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) chaiplumpearl88 (b) Welcome-Mango62 (c) Wolf!Mango!Lamp34 (d) welcome44
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Leaf.84 (b) Boat.Plum.2012 (c) leaf!fern!tiger!80 (d) boatneemhillriver
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) one password everywhere (c) set up with a parent (d) the number 123456
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Mango!Bell70 (b) Lamp-Moon-2017
- 35.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin79 (b) Gold-15 (c) MoonDrumWheel21 (d) cloudrainchai88
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl_hill_lake_23 (b) Bell!63
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) lotusshippond13 (b) Admin#Fern30 (c) pearlneemfrogshell (d) Cloud#Fern#Kite80
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Mango!2011 (b) ShipBrickLamp18
- 40.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) long but easy to recall (c) anyone can guess them (d) they need no letters
Answer key
- tiger@toast@pond@73
- a symbol between words
- SandWolfRiver25
- your name and birth year
- the word qwerty
- a good password habit
- locking your phone
- Tent!Tiger!Lotus39
- posting it in a chat
- a poor password habit
- pond_hill_tiger_67
- a poor password habit
- False
- gold!tiger!corn!35
- cloud_chai_shell_63
- typing it out of sight
- True
- True
- True
- a good password habit
- KiteFernMango43
- a passphrase of 3 words
- random, unrelated words
- a poor password habit
- False
- TentBellWolf13
- bell!chai!lamp!40
- BellChaiSeed46
- a good password habit
- False
- Wolf!Mango!Lamp34
- leaf!fern!tiger!80
- set up with a parent
- Wolf!Mango!Bell70
- False
- MoonDrumWheel21
- pearl_hill_lake_23
- Cloud#Fern#Kite80
- ShipBrickLamp18
- long but easy to recall
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