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.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) a few random words (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) one password everywhere (c) posting it in a chat (d) set up with a parent
- 4.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) your school motto (c) random, unrelated words (d) a famous quote
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Pearl-2016 (b) Chai-Pond-Ship77
- 6.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Pond!Pearl65 (b) Kabir.Neem.25
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) a symbol between words (c) writing it on your desk (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 10.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) the number 123456 (c) typing it out of sight (d) two-step login turned on
- 11.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 13.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) short and quick (c) anyone can guess them (d) long but easy to recall
- 15.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word password (b) your name and birth year (c) your phone number (d) one password per account
- 17.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) your name and birth year (c) telling a best friend (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 19.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) change that password (b) post it online (c) use it everywhere (d) ignore it
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Lotus@2014 (b) NeemShipCloud63
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) locking your phone (c) changing a leaked one (d) the word qwerty
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) iloveyou48 (b) Letmein!Brick31 (c) Mango!Seed!Leaf43 (d) Boat@Toast@2017
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Moon#Mango29 (b) cloudsandcorn53
- 24.True or false: “the word password” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Gold-Mango-2015 (b) letmein17 (c) lake#pond#corn#66 (d) Kabir_Pond_49
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya_Kite_45 (b) PlumLampRain89
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) changing a leaked one (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 29.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) make it shorter (c) add your name (d) use only one word
- 31.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 32.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Admin-Boat33 (b) Ananya#Shell#77 (c) Gold.Lamp.Fern43 (d) password89
- 34.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lotus#Ship#2016 (b) Cloud.Bell.Dust26 (c) Lamp-15 (d) lotusmangocorndrum
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_39 (b) Sand@Fern@Kite29
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 38.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-tent-seed-11 (b) Gold@51
- 40.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leafbelllotus69 (b) CornRainFrog14 (c) kitehillpondfrog (d) Ship.82
Answer key
- a few random words
- a good password habit
- set up with a parent
- random, unrelated words
- Chai-Pond-Ship77
- False
- True
- Sand!Pond!Pearl65
- writing it on your desk
- the number 123456
- True
- a poor password habit
- True
- long but easy to recall
- False
- one password per account
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a good password habit
- change that password
- NeemShipCloud63
- the word qwerty
- Mango!Seed!Leaf43
- Fern#Moon#Mango29
- True
- a good password habit
- lake#pond#corn#66
- PlumLampRain89
- the number 123456
- True
- add capitals and digits
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- Gold.Lamp.Fern43
- False
- Cloud.Bell.Dust26
- Sand@Fern@Kite29
- a poor password habit
- False
- river-tent-seed-11
- CornRainFrog14
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