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) Password@Bell39 (b) frogwolfdustneem (c) FernCloudRain30 (d) lamptentkite32
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 3.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) only numbers (b) your name twice (c) one short word (d) a few random words
- 4.True or false: “locking your phone” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Toast!Gold!Pond14 (b) Diya2015 (c) leafplumfern20 (d) Wolf!36
- 6.True or false: “your phone number” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) short and quick (c) anyone can guess them (d) long but easy to recall
- 8.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) locking your phone (c) the word password (d) one password everywhere
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 10.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) the word qwerty (c) locking your phone (d) writing it on your desk
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) your phone number (d) your name and birth year
- 13.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Frog!Gold20 (b) mangonesttent85
- 16.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) the word password (c) your pet’s name (d) posting it in a chat
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) your name and birth year (c) changing a leaked one (d) typing it out of sight
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@Bell40 (b) Kite-Sand-Drum86
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word qwerty? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 21.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) changing a leaked one (c) your pet’s name (d) a symbol between words
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) keeping it in your head (c) set up with a parent (d) telling a best friend
- 23.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 24.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add capitals and digits (c) use only one word (d) add your name
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) a symbol between words (c) your pet’s name (d) one password per account
- 26.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 28.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) change that password (c) ignore it (d) post it online
- 29.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) your pet’s name (c) the word password (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Nest.Vine34 (b) kiteseedlampshell
- 31.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password everywhere (b) locking your phone (c) one password per account (d) typing it out of sight
- 32.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) lotusfrogriver73 (b) Wolf#River#2015 (c) Boat#Bell#Kite89 (d) Arjun2013
- 33.🧵 Good or poor password habit: typing it out of sight? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 34.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_vine_brick_49 (b) drumbellkite39
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin24 (b) rainkiteshipmango (c) Kite.River.Corn74 (d) Neem#46
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) WheelLotusLamp10
- 39.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your pet’s name (b) the number 123456 (c) keeping it in your head (d) writing it on your desk
Answer key
- FernCloudRain30
- a good password habit
- a few random words
- True
- Toast!Gold!Pond14
- True
- long but easy to recall
- locking your phone
- a good password habit
- True
- locking your phone
- a passphrase of 3 words
- True
- a poor password habit
- Kite!Frog!Gold20
- False
- one password per account
- your name and birth year
- Kite-Sand-Drum86
- a poor password habit
- your pet’s name
- telling a best friend
- a good password habit
- add capitals and digits
- your pet’s name
- False
- a good password habit
- change that password
- a passphrase of 3 words
- Lamp.Nest.Vine34
- one password everywhere
- Boat#Bell#Kite89
- a good password habit
- False
- bell_vine_brick_49
- Kite.River.Corn74
- a good password habit
- WheelLotusLamp10
- False
- keeping it in your head
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