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) Lamp@Shell@2013 (b) Ship_River_Hill19
- 2.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) set up with a parent (c) long random words (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-cloud-kite-46 (b) Diya.Fern.73
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) keeping it in your head (c) two-step login turned on (d) the number 123456
- 5.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) the word qwerty (c) your pet’s name (d) posting it in a chat
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Cloud.89 (b) chaikitelakelotus (c) Nisha2013 (d) KiteGoldTiger62
- 8.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) anyone can guess them (c) short and quick (d) long but easy to recall
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) lake.seed.plum.28 (b) lampkitetentlotus (c) Iloveyou_Pearl67 (d) Nisha!Bell!82
- 10.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Corn!Tiger!Tent71 (b) fernlotuschai81 (c) Lake!29 (d) Ishaan2012
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.kite.nest.86 (b) Ananya2018
- 15.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) a symbol between words (d) locking your phone
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 19.True or false: “long random words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 21.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) change that password (c) post it online (d) ignore it
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumrivertentshell (b) dust.shell.neem.79
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 25.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverrainhill51 (b) SandDrumMango50
- 28.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) one password everywhere (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) one password per account
- 29.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Bell#2010 (b) MangoToastWheel73
- 33.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) one password everywhere (c) the number 123456 (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) ShipBellSand55 (b) pearlseedboat39 (c) Rohan@Tiger@57 (d) Rain-Dust-2013
- 35.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) changing a leaked one (c) long random words (d) a symbol between words
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) neemriverwheelplum (b) Brick@Lotus@Chai45 (c) shipneembrick73 (d) letmein36
- 37.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 38.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) toast#neem#river#83 (b) Toast!Pearl!2016 (c) Tara-Chai-69 (d) bellbrickwolf12
- 39.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) telling a best friend (c) writing it on your desk (d) the number 123456
Answer key
- Ship_River_Hill19
- your name and birth year
- dust-cloud-kite-46
- the number 123456
- keeping it in your head
- a good password habit
- KiteGoldTiger62
- long but easy to recall
- lake.seed.plum.28
- False
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- Corn!Tiger!Tent71
- sand.kite.nest.86
- True
- a few random words
- one password everywhere
- a poor password habit
- True
- a good password habit
- True
- change that password
- dust.shell.neem.79
- a poor password habit
- True
- True
- SandDrumMango50
- one password everywhere
- False
- True
- False
- MangoToastWheel73
- a passphrase of 3 words
- ShipBellSand55
- your pet’s name
- Brick@Lotus@Chai45
- random, unrelated words
- toast#neem#river#83
- False
- two-step login turned on
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