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 of these is a poor password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) long random words (c) set up with a parent (d) the number 123456
- 2.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) change that password (c) post it online (d) use it everywhere
- 4.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) use only one word (c) add your name (d) make it shorter
- 5.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) only numbers
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp!Drum!2010 (b) neem@drum@river@39
- 8.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) keeping it in your head (c) two-step login turned on (d) typing it out of sight
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mangoneemfern15 (b) Tent-85 (c) Diya2013 (d) MangoLeafShip54
- 10.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Shell@Moon26 (b) qwerty40
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-toast-wolf-43 (b) Drum_Shell_2014
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) one password everywhere (c) telling a best friend (d) a symbol between words
- 14.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) long random words (c) one password per account (d) your name and birth year
- 16.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Nest#River73 (b) Rohan!Toast!51
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) your name and birth year (c) your phone number (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 20.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#Wheel#2008 (b) FernCornRiver40
- 22.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 23.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) one password everywhere (c) the word qwerty (d) writing it on your desk
- 24.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word password (b) one password per account (c) writing it on your desk (d) posting it in a chat
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) corn!mango!leaf!57 (b) Sand_47 (c) bricklotusdust53 (d) Corn!Nest!2009
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Frog.Fern.2011 (b) iloveyou51 (c) Leaf@Frog@Lake84 (d) Password!Neem14
- 27.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) pondsandtoastbell (b) Vihaan2017 (c) gold!moon!pearl!58 (d) Rain.40
- 29.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumleaflake26 (b) gold!pond!wheel!56
- 31.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) typing it out of sight (b) set up with a parent (c) keeping it in your head (d) the word qwerty
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tigerplumdrum69 (b) hill.tiger.pearl.88 (c) dustpondlamptiger (d) Tiger@47
- 34.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rain.23 (b) FernLampRain80 (c) Qwerty-Moon64 (d) Nisha2016
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillshellfrogplum (b) tiger.gold.fern.13
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 39.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein53 (b) Iloveyou!Tiger76 (c) Lamp_Plum_Moon11 (d) hillcloudtoastcorn
Answer key
- the number 123456
- True
- change that password
- add capitals and digits
- True
- a few random words
- neem@drum@river@39
- your pet’s name
- MangoLeafShip54
- a poor password habit
- Toast@Shell@Moon26
- tiger-toast-wolf-43
- a symbol between words
- False
- your name and birth year
- False
- long but easy to recall
- Tent#Nest#River73
- a passphrase of 3 words
- False
- FernCornRiver40
- random, unrelated words
- a symbol between words
- one password per account
- corn!mango!leaf!57
- Leaf@Frog@Lake84
- False
- gold!moon!pearl!58
- a poor password habit
- gold!pond!wheel!56
- True
- the word qwerty
- hill.tiger.pearl.88
- False
- FernLampRain80
- tiger.gold.fern.13
- a poor password habit
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- Lamp_Plum_Moon11
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