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 follows ALL of our rules? (a) belltigertoastpond (b) FernWheelTiger15 (c) Brick-Rain-2008 (d) Ananya2011
- 2.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) anyone can guess them (c) they need no letters (d) long but easy to recall
- 3.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 4.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add your name (c) add capitals and digits (d) use only one word
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) changing a leaked one (c) posting it in a chat (d) the word qwerty
- 6.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) long random words (c) the word qwerty (d) your pet’s name
- 7.True or false: “the number 123456” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 10.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) keeping it in your head
- 12.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudseeddust34 (b) BellKiteBrick75
- 14.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) a famous quote (c) your school motto (d) your family names
- 16.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) set up with a parent (d) the word qwerty
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#sand#cloud#43 (b) Rohan.Vine.63
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) one password per account (c) changing a leaked one (d) your pet’s name
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password per account (b) writing it on your desk (c) posting it in a chat (d) your pet’s name
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) brickwheelfroglamp (b) toast_vine_lake_62 (c) Admin_Shell56 (d) Saanvi#Shell#17
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) long random words (c) the number 123456 (d) two-step login turned on
- 22.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) post it online (c) use it everywhere (d) change that password
- 23.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) changing a leaked one (c) long random words (d) posting it in a chat
- 24.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 27.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) telling a best friend (d) set up with a parent
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Vine_River25 (b) Kite.Brick.2010
- 29.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “the word password” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) a few random words (c) one short word (d) only numbers
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) set up with a parent (c) one password everywhere (d) two-step login turned on
- 33.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillShipMango42 (b) Rohan-Ship-23
- 36.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) your pet’s name (c) typing it out of sight (d) one password everywhere
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) keeping it in your head (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your phone number
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) locking your phone (c) one password everywhere (d) your name and birth year
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainCornLake73 (b) Pearl#Bell#2012
Answer key
- FernWheelTiger15
- long but easy to recall
- a good password habit
- add capitals and digits
- changing a leaked one
- long random words
- True
- True
- a good password habit
- True
- keeping it in your head
- False
- BellKiteBrick75
- True
- random, unrelated words
- the word qwerty
- lake#sand#cloud#43
- your pet’s name
- one password per account
- toast_vine_lake_62
- the number 123456
- change that password
- posting it in a chat
- True
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- telling a best friend
- Lamp_Vine_River25
- False
- True
- a few random words
- one password everywhere
- True
- False
- HillShipMango42
- a poor password habit
- typing it out of sight
- your phone number
- locking your phone
- RainCornLake73
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