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 words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) your family names (c) random, unrelated words (d) a famous quote
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) the word password (d) your name and birth year
- 3.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 4.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Wheel.31 (b) frog_hill_neem_25 (c) Diya@Mango@25 (d) rainbellrivertiger
- 5.True or false: “your phone number” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) your pet’s name (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) writing it on your desk
- 7.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav2009 (b) tentbrickneem26 (c) Drum@Rain@2014 (d) mango.river.lotus.28
- 8.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) your phone number (c) the word qwerty (d) keeping it in your head
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus.lake.moon.55 (b) Iloveyou_Drum70
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) the number 123456 (c) changing a leaked one (d) typing it out of sight
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Hill_Lotus84 (b) Nest!86
- 13.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) one password per account (c) your phone number (d) locking your phone
- 15.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) bellneemtoast89 (b) Nisha_Seed_21 (c) fern@wolf@vine@65 (d) Arjun2016
- 16.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Seed-Tiger-2009 (b) Ananya2018 (c) drumwheelcorncloud (d) Corn!Lotus!Sand62
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2012 (b) tent_tiger_wheel_10
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) telling a best friend (c) the word qwerty (d) one password per account
- 20.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) the number 123456 (c) one password everywhere (d) writing it on your desk
- 22.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) writing it on your desk (c) the number 123456 (d) two-step login turned on
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) the number 123456 (c) one password everywhere (d) your phone number
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) welcome41 (b) leaf_pearl_drum_85 (c) Meera2010 (d) Tent!Chai!2013
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Wolf.Seed37 (b) Kite@58
- 26.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) change that password (c) use it everywhere (d) post it online
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) one password per account (c) the number 123456 (d) keeping it in your head
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverLakeShip34 (b) toastchaimango23
- 31.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) set up with a parent (c) the number 123456 (d) your name and birth year
- 32.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kite@Leaf@2013 (b) CloudPlumWheel12 (c) hillbelllampwolf (d) Qwerty.Tiger61
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerkitelotuscorn (b) Lake_Sand_Corn66
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lamp.32 (b) pondchairiverwolf (c) Ananya!Lake!22 (d) leaf@gold@wheel@58
- 36.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) two-step login turned on (c) typing it out of sight (d) keeping it in your head
- 37.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) typing it out of sight (c) your phone number (d) the word password
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastBoatSand43 (b) tentcloudriver48
- 39.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) two-step login turned on (c) your pet’s name (d) one password per account
- 40.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) use only one word (c) make it shorter (d) add your name
Answer key
- random, unrelated words
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a poor password habit
- frog_hill_neem_25
- True
- a passphrase of 3 words
- mango.river.lotus.28
- True
- keeping it in your head
- lotus.lake.moon.55
- the number 123456
- Wolf_Hill_Lotus84
- False
- your phone number
- fern@wolf@vine@65
- a poor password habit
- Corn!Lotus!Sand62
- tent_tiger_wheel_10
- one password per account
- False
- keeping it in your head
- two-step login turned on
- a symbol between words
- leaf_pearl_drum_85
- Toast.Wolf.Seed37
- change that password
- a good password habit
- False
- the number 123456
- RiverLakeShip34
- set up with a parent
- False
- CloudPlumWheel12
- Lake_Sand_Corn66
- leaf@gold@wheel@58
- the word qwerty
- typing it out of sight
- ToastBoatSand43
- your pet’s name
- add capitals and digits
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