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 words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) a famous quote (c) random, unrelated words (d) your family names
- 2.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_58 (b) RiverTentTiger53
- 4.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) one short word (b) only numbers (c) a few random words (d) your name twice
- 5.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Password@Cloud57 (b) pearlleafwheelbrick (c) Nest-Hill-2013 (d) Rain@Ship@Leaf49
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) a symbol between words (c) locking your phone (d) set up with a parent
- 7.True or false: “typing it out of sight” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ishaan_Frog_13 (b) cloudtigertoast70 (c) vine-neem-kite-14 (d) Lamp!39
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) rainseedvine12 (b) pond#tent#sand#31 (c) Mango@Wheel@2013 (d) Rohan2008
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password everywhere (b) your name and birth year (c) writing it on your desk (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Lotus-Lamp10 (b) riverkiteboat14
- 12.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) one password everywhere (c) a symbol between words (d) one password per account
- 13.True or false: “one password per account” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Saanvi-Neem-28 (b) Password.Frog83 (c) SeedLeafBrick33 (d) neemtigershell44
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) posting it in a chat (b) your name and birth year (c) the number 123456 (d) one password per account
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou54 (b) lamp@boat@river@68
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) chaifrogmangopearl (b) password83 (c) FrogTigerBrick51 (d) Meera2011
- 18.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) writing it on your desk (c) locking your phone (d) typing it out of sight
- 20.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) rain!toast!ship!87 (b) Nisha.Rain.60 (c) admin68 (d) frogmangoshipcloud
- 21.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Letmein!Leaf56 (b) lampraindrumcloud (c) corn!seed!toast!82 (d) pearldrumneem39
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your name and birth year (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) typing it out of sight (d) locking your phone
- 23.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) locking your phone (b) your name and birth year (c) two-step login turned on (d) long random words
- 24.True or false: “posting it in a chat” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) long random words (c) a symbol between words (d) the number 123456
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a symbol between words (b) changing a leaked one (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) your phone number
- 27.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 28.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango@lotus@plum@17 (b) Diya.Lamp.36
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat_Dust_2009 (b) Wheel-Cloud-Plum87
- 32.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word qwerty (b) long random words (c) one password per account (d) two-step login turned on
- 34.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Aarav.Toast.78 (b) Qwerty!Tent59 (c) SandNeemMango13 (d) Toast@75
- 36.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) make it shorter (b) add your name (c) use only one word (d) add capitals and digits
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@corn@frog@40 (b) Nisha!Plum!26
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Kite@Cloud88 (b) Pond!Moon!2014
- 40.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) long but easy to recall (d) they need no letters
Answer key
- random, unrelated words
- False
- RiverTentTiger53
- a few random words
- Rain@Ship@Leaf49
- your pet’s name
- True
- vine-neem-kite-14
- pond#tent#sand#31
- a passphrase of 3 words
- Cloud-Lotus-Lamp10
- one password everywhere
- False
- SeedLeafBrick33
- one password per account
- lamp@boat@river@68
- FrogTigerBrick51
- a poor password habit
- writing it on your desk
- rain!toast!ship!87
- corn!seed!toast!82
- your name and birth year
- your name and birth year
- True
- the number 123456
- your phone number
- a poor password habit
- True
- False
- mango@lotus@plum@17
- Wheel-Cloud-Plum87
- False
- the word qwerty
- False
- SandNeemMango13
- True
- add capitals and digits
- pearl@corn@frog@40
- Neem@Kite@Cloud88
- long but easy to recall
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