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 is stronger by our rule? (a) password79 (b) Ship.Vine.Toast46
- 2.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) keeping it in your head (c) posting it in a chat (d) long random words
- 3.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) your pet’s name (c) your name and birth year (d) the word password
- 4.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) a symbol between words (c) changing a leaked one (d) writing it on your desk
- 6.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) typing it out of sight (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) two-step login turned on (d) your pet’s name
- 7.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLeafChai65 (b) Ishaan.Lamp.19
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) locking your phone (b) set up with a parent (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 11.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) anyone can guess them (c) short and quick (d) they need no letters
- 12.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) one short word (c) only numbers (d) a few random words
- 13.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!85 (b) nest!kite!neem!41
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Drum.Pond84 (b) Nisha-Moon-33
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) BoatChaiPearl28 (b) Wolf-56 (c) seedleafbell52 (d) password60
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: changing a leaked one? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 18.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) changing a leaked one (c) the number 123456 (d) your name and birth year
- 20.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) one password everywhere (c) changing a leaked one (d) typing it out of sight
- 21.True or false: “your phone number” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango@bell@wheel@79 (b) Nisha@Rain@17
- 23.🔁 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
- 24.True or false: “the number 123456” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) your school motto (c) a famous quote (d) your family names
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudShellLake24 (b) Qwerty_Neem33
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell!plum!lake!87 (b) welcome43
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Leaf#22 (b) gold_pearl_lamp_16
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kabir2016 (b) password53 (c) Neem_61 (d) SandNestKite31
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Cloud#River#Dust79 (b) Ship#88 (c) lotusplummangoship (d) welcome85
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping it in your head (b) your name and birth year (c) telling a best friend (d) one password everywhere
- 32.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) a symbol between words (b) writing it on your desk (c) the word qwerty (d) the word password
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav.Gold.33 (b) plumwolfrainriver (c) Bell_58 (d) rain!brick!lotus!50
- 34.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedfrogdrumlotus (b) sand.leaf.nest.82
- 36.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) boat@pearl@neem@50 (b) Admin@Gold65 (c) Pearl_33 (d) Ananya.Chai.11
- 37.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) plumrivercornbell (b) Shell#Mango#Cloud65 (c) Ship@Mango@2009 (d) Tara2018
- 38.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password80 (b) SandLampTent16
- 40.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- Ship.Vine.Toast46
- posting it in a chat
- locking your phone
- False
- writing it on your desk
- your pet’s name
- False
- a good password habit
- FernLeafChai65
- the number 123456
- long but easy to recall
- a few random words
- True
- nest!kite!neem!41
- Nest.Drum.Pond84
- BoatChaiPearl28
- a good password habit
- True
- changing a leaked one
- one password everywhere
- True
- mango@bell@wheel@79
- change that password
- False
- random, unrelated words
- CloudShellLake24
- shell!plum!lake!87
- gold_pearl_lamp_16
- SandNestKite31
- Cloud#River#Dust79
- keeping it in your head
- a symbol between words
- rain!brick!lotus!50
- a poor password habit
- sand.leaf.nest.82
- boat@pearl@neem@50
- Shell#Mango#Cloud65
- False
- SandLampTent16
- False
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