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) iloveyou16 (b) chaiplumtoast20 (c) Meera-Pearl-54 (d) FernCornTent15
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) one password per account (c) one password everywhere (d) long random words
- 3.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 4.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) changing a leaked one (d) two-step login turned on
- 5.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) a few random words
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#vine#nest#42 (b) iloveyou45
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) typing it out of sight (c) changing a leaked one (d) your phone number
- 9.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) ignore it (c) use it everywhere (d) change that password
- 10.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) locking your phone (c) your name and birth year (d) a symbol between words
- 11.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) posting it in a chat (c) telling a best friend (d) keeping it in your head
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Saanvi2012 (b) pearl-neem-lotus-30 (c) Rohan#Bell#67 (d) admin21
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 15.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) telling a best friend (c) the word password (d) the number 123456
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) password55 (b) Ishaan_Kite_88 (c) toastchaikite83 (d) Shell@Pond@Ship73
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) chai@pond@fern@74 (b) Kabir!Ship!75 (c) tigerpearlplum38 (d) Cloud-Mango-2008
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Pond-Tent84 (b) laketentlotus27
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-fern-frog-49 (b) mangosandnest83
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara2017 (b) sandpondwheelhill (c) tiger-drum-boat-44 (d) Vihaan_Plum_18
- 21.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Iloveyou.Lotus12 (b) lotus-moon-bell-12 (c) password64 (d) Arjun@Ship@89
- 23.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Neem-Wolf-Lamp59 (b) Kabir2015 (c) Welcome!Seed60 (d) welcome80
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Dust_Vine_Tent72 (b) Kabir2013 (c) Plum_57 (d) Ananya_Lamp_86
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ananya2013 (b) Plum#Bell#2014 (c) Pond-Bell-Leaf74 (d) Password_Nest45
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) the number 123456 (c) the word password (d) two-step login turned on
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Seed!59 (b) wheel.lotus.tent.42
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Sand-Shell-2009 (b) brickwolflotus12 (c) Drum_43 (d) ChaiBrickGold50
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou30 (b) Frog.Plum.Drum50
- 30.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) posting it in a chat (c) the word qwerty (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) keeping it in your head (c) your name and birth year (d) your pet’s name
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) FernPondKite79 (b) cloudmangoship67 (c) Gold#46 (d) Arjun2012
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell#rain#vine#29 (b) Nisha2015
- 35.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) your family names (c) random, unrelated words (d) a famous quote
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nisha2008 (b) Dust-65 (c) Cloud#Ship#2009 (d) rain-drum-dust-42
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) keeping it in your head (c) the word qwerty (d) one password per account
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest@boat@plum@26 (b) Meera2013
- 39.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) writing it on your desk (c) changing a leaked one (d) set up with a parent
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Letmein!Hill28 (b) fern-river-toast-21 (c) Moon@45 (d) pearllampplum12
Answer key
- FernCornTent15
- one password everywhere
- long but easy to recall
- telling a best friend
- False
- a few random words
- mango#vine#nest#42
- your phone number
- change that password
- your name and birth year
- False
- keeping it in your head
- pearl-neem-lotus-30
- a good password habit
- locking your phone
- Shell@Pond@Ship73
- chai@pond@fern@74
- Nest-Pond-Tent84
- dust-fern-frog-49
- tiger-drum-boat-44
- True
- lotus-moon-bell-12
- Neem-Wolf-Lamp59
- Dust_Vine_Tent72
- Pond-Bell-Leaf74
- two-step login turned on
- wheel.lotus.tent.42
- ChaiBrickGold50
- Frog.Plum.Drum50
- True
- a passphrase of 3 words
- keeping it in your head
- FernPondKite79
- shell#rain#vine#29
- random, unrelated words
- rain-drum-dust-42
- the word qwerty
- nest@boat@plum@26
- writing it on your desk
- fern-river-toast-21
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