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.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 2.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) keeping it in your head (c) one password everywhere (d) your pet’s name
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two-step login turned on (b) your name and birth year (c) keeping it in your head (d) locking your phone
- 5.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) locking your phone (c) set up with a parent (d) your name and birth year
- 6.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your phone number (b) set up with a parent (c) your pet’s name (d) your name and birth year
- 8.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) short and quick (c) anyone can guess them (d) they need no letters
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipLotusBrick30 (b) ferncloudkitedrum
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) keeping it in your head (c) your pet’s name (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 11.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) your family names (d) random, unrelated words
- 12.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) the number 123456 (b) one password everywhere (c) a symbol between words (d) your pet’s name
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) keeping it in your head (c) posting it in a chat (d) writing it on your desk
- 14.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 15.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Corn-21 (b) letmein72 (c) wheel!leaf!boat!49 (d) brickwolflotuslamp
- 16.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add your name (b) make it shorter (c) add capitals and digits (d) use only one word
- 17.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) change that password (c) post it online (d) use it everywhere
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin29 (b) lotuslakecornmango (c) Nisha!Lamp!12 (d) GoldSeedVine21
- 19.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) leaf@lotus@frog@10 (b) nesttigerwheelbell (c) Shell-36 (d) lakeneemshell22
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Boat@Vine16 (b) password13
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill_pearl_brick_21 (b) rivershipcorndust
- 24.🧵 Good or poor password habit: set up with a parent? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 25.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) set up with a parent (b) locking your phone (c) your pet’s name (d) keeping it in your head
- 26.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) one password per account (c) your phone number (d) the word password
- 29.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) posting it in a chat (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the word qwerty
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Moon@Drum80 (b) kiteseedbell37
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#45 (b) FernPlumLake26
- 32.True or false: “your name and birth year” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) two-step login turned on (c) your name and birth year (d) one password everywhere
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) telling a best friend (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) the number 123456
- 36.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) typing it out of sight (c) keeping it in your head (d) set up with a parent
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password everywhere? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 39.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) only numbers (c) one short word (d) your name twice
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Brick#Lotus76 (b) cornraingold18
Answer key
- a poor password habit
- True
- keeping it in your head
- your name and birth year
- your name and birth year
- False
- set up with a parent
- long but easy to recall
- ShipLotusBrick30
- your pet’s name
- random, unrelated words
- a symbol between words
- keeping it in your head
- a poor password habit
- wheel!leaf!boat!49
- add capitals and digits
- change that password
- GoldSeedVine21
- False
- a poor password habit
- leaf@lotus@frog@10
- Bell@Boat@Vine16
- hill_pearl_brick_21
- a good password habit
- your pet’s name
- False
- a good password habit
- one password per account
- a passphrase of 3 words
- Boat@Moon@Drum80
- FernPlumLake26
- True
- a poor password habit
- two-step login turned on
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a good password habit
- one password everywhere
- a poor password habit
- a few random words
- Lake#Brick#Lotus76
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