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) use only one word (c) add capitals and digits (d) add your name
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Mango25 (b) kite@corn@mango@25
- 5.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) your family names (c) a famous quote (d) random, unrelated words
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 7.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) use it everywhere (c) post it online (d) change that password
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-wheel-plum-79 (b) Rain_17
- 9.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cornsandrainbell (b) Aarav!Tiger!62 (c) Chai.Sand.2009 (d) lotus_wolf_fern_22
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Welcome!Drum29 (b) Gold.18 (c) MoonWolfPond27 (d) toastwheelbricknest
- 13.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) they need no letters (b) long but easy to recall (c) anyone can guess them (d) short and quick
- 14.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusmangokite64 (b) drum#bell#kite#78
- 18.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) your phone number (c) locking your phone (d) your name and birth year
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara.Mango.37 (b) bellshellfrog31 (c) Kite.Chai.Lamp63 (d) lotustigerlamppearl
- 21.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) lampshellplumboat (b) Welcome.Seed64 (c) hill.kite.lamp.74 (d) Rohan2008
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger!nest!leaf!76 (b) Qwerty-Frog55
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cornferntiger46 (b) Qwerty@Mango24 (c) qwerty43 (d) Wheel_Corn_River80
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine#seed#rain#42 (b) lotuskiteshell45
- 26.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 27.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) one password everywhere (c) the word qwerty (d) a symbol between words
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) changing a leaked one (c) the number 123456 (d) your phone number
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) vinechaiseed89 (b) Chai!Gold!Brick76 (c) Ananya2012 (d) Lake_Bell_2008
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) frogplumpearl21 (b) rainmoonbellsand (c) tiger-neem-pond-47 (d) Dust-27
- 31.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) wolf_corn_pearl_34 (b) Diya.Nest.75 (c) letmein46 (d) Ananya2018
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillwheelboat56 (b) River_Chai_Fern68
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rain_Fern_Seed30 (b) Leaf.Mango.2009 (c) Wheel@38 (d) Ishaan-Kite-82
- 34.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: two-step login turned on? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Seed#Cloud83 (b) Tara.Chai.20
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun.Vine.12 (b) MangoLampDust64
- 39.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) long random words (c) a symbol between words (d) keeping it in your head
Answer key
- add capitals and digits
- a good password habit
- a poor password habit
- kite@corn@mango@25
- random, unrelated words
- a passphrase of 3 words
- change that password
- fern-wheel-plum-79
- False
- lotus_wolf_fern_22
- a poor password habit
- MoonWolfPond27
- long but easy to recall
- False
- True
- a poor password habit
- drum#bell#kite#78
- True
- locking your phone
- Kite.Chai.Lamp63
- False
- hill.kite.lamp.74
- tiger!nest!leaf!76
- Wheel_Corn_River80
- vine#seed#rain#42
- a good password habit
- a symbol between words
- changing a leaked one
- Chai!Gold!Brick76
- tiger-neem-pond-47
- wolf_corn_pearl_34
- River_Chai_Fern68
- Rain_Fern_Seed30
- False
- a good password habit
- Rain#Seed#Cloud83
- a good password habit
- MangoLampDust64
- False
- writing it on your desk
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