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 is the odd one out? (a) telling a best friend (b) the word password (c) posting it in a chat (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 2.🧵 Good or poor password habit: one password per account? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 3.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) mangotoastneem67 (b) qwerty38 (c) mangotentwheelriver (d) moon.lake.corn.15
- 4.True or false: “telling a best friend” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.vine.fern.74 (b) Iloveyou@Toast53
- 7.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) make it shorter (c) use only one word (d) add your name
- 8.True or false: “locking your phone” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) only numbers (d) your name twice
- 10.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) your name and birth year (c) writing it on your desk (d) locking your phone
- 11.🧵 Good or poor password habit: keeping it in your head? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 12.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin76 (b) Neem#Lotus#Plum81 (c) Meera.Nest.89 (d) Gold#43
- 13.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) chai-wolf-fern-39 (b) Toast-Lamp-2013 (c) sandpondfrogshell (d) Iloveyou@Pearl65
- 14.True or false: “set up with a parent” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) random, unrelated words (b) a famous quote (c) your school motto (d) your family names
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship-Shell-Tiger52 (b) Qwerty@Rain81
- 17.🧵 Good or poor password habit: a passphrase of 3 words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 18.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) one password per account (b) a symbol between words (c) telling a best friend (d) typing it out of sight
- 19.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Leaf14 (b) Mango-Gold-Sand88
- 21.🧵 Good or poor password habit: posting it in a chat? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up with a parent (b) the number 123456 (c) changing a leaked one (d) keeping it in your head
- 23.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) one password per account (b) the word qwerty (c) telling a best friend (d) the word password
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Nisha2009 (b) PlumLeafRain12 (c) Rain.55 (d) pondrivermoonwheel
- 25.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) rainsandlamp22 (b) LampPlumKite10 (c) Nest-26 (d) ferntentpondwolf
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Kite.Lamp.2010 (b) Nisha!Hill!69 (c) BrickPondWolf51 (d) qwerty11
- 27.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) long but easy to recall (c) they need no letters (d) short and quick
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changing a leaked one (b) a symbol between words (c) the word password (d) typing it out of sight
- 29.True or false: “the word password” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) typing it out of sight (c) two-step login turned on (d) your pet’s name
- 31.True or false: “long random words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) changing a leaked one (b) the word password (c) set up with a parent (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 33.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the word password? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Leaf#Tiger85 (b) seedtigerleaf36
- 35.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) use it everywhere (b) change that password (c) post it online (d) ignore it
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Cloud-Mango60 (b) toastdustcorn44
- 37.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 38.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 39.True or false: “one password per account” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornSandHill30 (b) Boat.Shell.2009
Answer key
- a passphrase of 3 words
- a good password habit
- moon.lake.corn.15
- True
- a poor password habit
- leaf.vine.fern.74
- add capitals and digits
- False
- a few random words
- locking your phone
- a good password habit
- Neem#Lotus#Plum81
- chai-wolf-fern-39
- True
- random, unrelated words
- Ship-Shell-Tiger52
- a good password habit
- telling a best friend
- True
- Mango-Gold-Sand88
- a poor password habit
- the number 123456
- one password per account
- PlumLeafRain12
- LampPlumKite10
- BrickPondWolf51
- long but easy to recall
- the word password
- False
- your pet’s name
- False
- the word password
- a poor password habit
- Frog#Leaf#Tiger85
- change that password
- Boat-Cloud-Mango60
- a poor password habit
- a good password habit
- True
- CornSandHill30
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