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) frognestlotus28 (b) Seed-Pearl-Frog47
- 2.True or false: “the word password” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) short and quick (b) they need no letters (c) long but easy to recall (d) anyone can guess them
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mango.wolf.vine.21 (b) Letmein_Neem21 (c) Toast-29 (d) Saanvi2009
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) a symbol between words (c) your name and birth year (d) one password per account
- 6.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) typing it out of sight (c) keeping it in your head (d) telling a best friend
- 7.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) two-step login turned on (c) locking your phone (d) your name and birth year
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein25 (b) Plum-Rain-Boat84 (c) frogkitemoonlake (d) Pearl_54
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rohan2010 (b) CornPlumDust77 (c) River-Kite-2017 (d) Ship!38
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastLeafFern20 (b) Iloveyou.Mango57
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Chai-57 (b) Vihaan_Bell_77 (c) belllampchai79 (d) neem-fern-plum-38
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) the word password (c) your phone number (d) two-step login turned on
- 15.True or false: “the number 123456” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your school motto
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 19.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) make it shorter (c) use only one word (d) add your name
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.28 (b) Lake-Boat-Rain19
- 23.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a symbol between words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 25.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) use it everywhere (c) ignore it (d) change that password
- 26.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Toast!Drum69 (b) shelllakepondcorn
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lake@48 (b) Tara2013 (c) password30 (d) SeedKiteLake24
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) fernlakeshell25 (b) Boat-Mango-Toast61 (c) Diya2009 (d) Nisha@Bell@28
- 30.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wheel#23 (b) FernGoldBoat68 (c) lampwheelwolfchai (d) welcome85
- 33.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) tentcloudriverdrum (b) welcome68 (c) Frog-River-Brick88 (d) Wheel#75
- 35.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) a few random words
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_dust_wolf_52 (b) Cloud_Lake_2008
- 38.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your name and birth year (c) one password everywhere (d) two-step login turned on
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) password49 (b) Password#Wolf37 (c) MangoMoonRiver25 (d) Drum.Lamp.2009
- 40.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) one password per account (c) the word password (d) keeping it in your head
Answer key
- Seed-Pearl-Frog47
- True
- long but easy to recall
- mango.wolf.vine.21
- your name and birth year
- telling a best friend
- your name and birth year
- a good password habit
- Plum-Rain-Boat84
- CornPlumDust77
- a good password habit
- ToastLeafFern20
- neem-fern-plum-38
- two-step login turned on
- True
- False
- random, unrelated words
- a good password habit
- False
- add capitals and digits
- a poor password habit
- Lake-Boat-Rain19
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- change that password
- False
- Chai!Toast!Drum69
- SeedKiteLake24
- Boat-Mango-Toast61
- False
- a poor password habit
- FernGoldBoat68
- a poor password habit
- Frog-River-Brick88
- True
- a few random words
- kite_dust_wolf_52
- two-step login turned on
- MangoMoonRiver25
- the word password
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