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.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add capitals and digits (c) add your name (d) use only one word
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) a symbol between words (c) telling a best friend (d) your name and birth year
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) one password per account (c) long random words (d) set up with a parent
- 4.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudwolfgoldlotus (b) Moon@Gold@Tent35
- 6.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Lamp.46 (b) fern-lake-sand-80 (c) Corn.Rain.2017 (d) Nisha2018
- 7.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud_dust_fern_83 (b) Bell#48
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Dust!15 (b) MoonKiteSand27
- 11.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) change that password (c) use it everywhere (d) ignore it
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) writing it on your desk (c) locking your phone (d) your pet’s name
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastfrognest20 (b) fern@hill@tiger@66
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) long random words (b) your name and birth year (c) keeping it in your head (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 15.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kite-Corn-Tiger82 (b) iloveyou41 (c) Rohan2016 (d) Tara!Drum!31
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) locking your phone (c) your pet’s name (d) writing it on your desk
- 18.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your family names (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your school motto
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) bell#wolf#pond#23 (b) iloveyou69 (c) Hill#Lamp#2009 (d) Ananya2009
- 21.True or false: “a passphrase of 3 words” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) the word qwerty (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) long random words
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan@Tent@60 (b) NeemNestSeed17
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara.Bell.82 (b) toast!shell!pearl!86
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 27.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir2011 (b) cloud.leaf.plum.59 (c) cloudchaitigervine (d) admin58
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonneemchaibell (b) Lake_Ship_Pearl24
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) vine_neem_chai_85 (b) Ananya2008 (c) Password#Neem76 (d) tentlotusbell56
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Sand.Fern83 (b) Vihaan-Tiger-85
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) hill.leaf.tiger.22 (b) password30 (c) brickcornplum27 (d) Kabir2010
- 33.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) PlumRiverBell38 (b) Drum.Pond.2013 (c) riverhilltoastrain (d) Qwerty.Pond13
- 35.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boat.wheel.moon.11 (b) qwerty72 (c) Seed@54 (d) Letmein-Shell28
- 37.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) long random words (b) typing it out of sight (c) one password everywhere (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 38.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) posting it in a chat (c) two-step login turned on (d) your name and birth year
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Bell#87 (b) Ship_Seed_Brick53
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Wolf.Chai85 (b) moontigershipcorn
Answer key
- add capitals and digits
- a symbol between words
- one password everywhere
- False
- Moon@Gold@Tent35
- fern-lake-sand-80
- True
- long but easy to recall
- cloud_dust_fern_83
- MoonKiteSand27
- change that password
- locking your phone
- fern@hill@tiger@66
- your name and birth year
- True
- Kite-Corn-Tiger82
- locking your phone
- False
- random, unrelated words
- bell#wolf#pond#23
- False
- the word qwerty
- NeemNestSeed17
- a poor password habit
- toast!shell!pearl!86
- a good password habit
- False
- cloud.leaf.plum.59
- Lake_Ship_Pearl24
- vine_neem_chai_85
- Cloud.Sand.Fern83
- hill.leaf.tiger.22
- False
- PlumRiverBell38
- False
- boat.wheel.moon.11
- one password everywhere
- two-step login turned on
- Ship_Seed_Brick53
- Corn.Wolf.Chai85
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