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) Kabir2010 (b) shell@pearl@dust@16
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) keeping it in your head
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) a symbol between words (c) changing a leaked one (d) one password everywhere
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlRainFrog45 (b) rivermangolamplotus
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedrainferntent (b) Mango.Sand.Rain31
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustRainLamp45 (b) brickboatfrogtiger
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) your phone number (c) one password per account (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) the number 123456 (c) your name and birth year (d) your phone number
- 9.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust!fern!toast!73 (b) Brick_69
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) telling a best friend (c) your name and birth year (d) long random words
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill.drum.cloud.39 (b) River@Toast@2016
- 13.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) a few random words (c) one short word (d) only numbers
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@corn@dust@87 (b) seedboatpond20
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 16.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) short and quick (d) anyone can guess them
- 17.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your family names (c) a famous quote (d) your school motto
- 18.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) long random words (c) writing it on your desk (d) locking your phone
- 19.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Meera2016 (b) Kite@Tent@Pearl59 (c) password67 (d) kitenestrain35
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) writing it on your desk (c) the word password (d) your pet’s name
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 22.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) writing it on your desk (c) typing it out of sight (d) your pet’s name
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 25.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) ignore it (c) change that password (d) post it online
- 28.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.➕ 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
- 30.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Mango!Sand79 (b) Ananya2015
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) ShipGoldPond37 (b) Kite@53 (c) Nisha2016 (d) welcome72
- 34.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) a symbol between words (c) your phone number (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou35 (b) Tara2018 (c) Letmein!Nest84 (d) Bell-Moon-Pearl11
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Lotus#Rain80 (b) Qwerty-Wheel79
- 37.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) long random words (c) one password per account (d) two-step login turned on
- 38.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) changing a leaked one (c) set up with a parent (d) telling a best friend
- 39.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloud@dust@neem@22 (b) Ship-30 (c) Rohan-Corn-28 (d) Vihaan2008
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) changing a leaked one (c) your pet’s name (d) locking your phone
Answer key
- shell@pearl@dust@16
- keeping it in your head
- one password everywhere
- PearlRainFrog45
- Mango.Sand.Rain31
- DustRainLamp45
- your phone number
- changing a leaked one
- False
- dust!fern!toast!73
- long random words
- hill.drum.cloud.39
- a few random words
- brick@corn@dust@87
- a poor password habit
- long but easy to recall
- random, unrelated words
- writing it on your desk
- Kite@Tent@Pearl59
- two-step login turned on
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- typing it out of sight
- a good password habit
- False
- False
- change that password
- False
- add capitals and digits
- False
- a good password habit
- Cloud!Mango!Sand79
- ShipGoldPond37
- your phone number
- Bell-Moon-Pearl11
- Corn#Lotus#Rain80
- one password everywhere
- telling a best friend
- cloud@dust@neem@22
- your pet’s name
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