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) random, unrelated words (c) your family names (d) a famous quote
- 2.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) add your name (c) make it shorter (d) use only one word
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-sand-frog-17 (b) welcome87
- 4.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 6.🧵 Good or poor password habit: writing it on your desk? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!Sand!Neem33 (b) tentlampboat14
- 8.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) the word password (b) a passphrase of 3 words (c) a symbol between words (d) one password per account
- 9.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Diya2018 (b) pondcloudplumtoast (c) Neem-Wolf-Frog57 (d) Welcome.Neem72
- 10.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) letmein85 (b) Welcome_Cloud62 (c) brick@corn@hill@38 (d) Corn@Frog@2008
- 11.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Vihaan2008 (b) WolfLakeHill36 (c) plumfrogmango14 (d) Saanvi!Pearl!39
- 12.True or false: “writing it on your desk” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a passphrase of 3 words (b) posting it in a chat (c) a symbol between words (d) typing it out of sight
- 15.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your name and birth year? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 16.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Qwerty@Moon11 (b) Cloud!Lamp!Bell80 (c) welcome58 (d) goldbellcornnest
- 17.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) admin64 (b) Ananya-Vine-78 (c) Arjun2010 (d) vine#seed#ship#70
- 18.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧵 Good or poor password habit: the number 123456? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 20.🔁 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
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your pet’s name (b) two-step login turned on (c) the word password (d) posting it in a chat
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Pearl_Wolf69 (b) Rain#24
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one password per account (b) changing a leaked one (c) your pet’s name (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship-seed-lamp-39 (b) Gold@66
- 25.Which of these is a poor password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) set up with a parent (c) the word qwerty (d) a symbol between words
- 26.True or false: “the word password” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) a symbol between words (c) your pet’s name (d) your name and birth year
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#kite#tiger#67 (b) Dust!Rain!2014
- 30.🧵 Good or poor password habit: telling a best friend? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 31.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) posting it in a chat (c) writing it on your desk (d) the number 123456
- 32.True or false: “one password everywhere” is a good password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou47 (b) Lotus.Plum.Pearl28
- 34.🧵 Good or poor password habit: locking your phone? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 35.🧵 Good or poor password habit: long random words? (a) a poor password habit (b) a good password habit
- 36.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) your name twice (b) one short word (c) only numbers (d) a few random words
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the word qwerty (b) changing a leaked one (c) a passphrase of 3 words (d) a symbol between words
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai.dust.boat.37 (b) Letmein@Plum66
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandGoldMoon87 (b) Plum#46
- 40.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) long but easy to recall (b) short and quick (c) they need no letters (d) anyone can guess them
Answer key
- random, unrelated words
- add capitals and digits
- fern-sand-frog-17
- False
- a poor password habit
- a poor password habit
- Wolf!Sand!Neem33
- the word password
- Neem-Wolf-Frog57
- brick@corn@hill@38
- WolfLakeHill36
- True
- a poor password habit
- posting it in a chat
- a poor password habit
- Cloud!Lamp!Bell80
- vine#seed#ship#70
- False
- a poor password habit
- change that password
- two-step login turned on
- Lotus_Pearl_Wolf69
- your pet’s name
- ship-seed-lamp-39
- the word qwerty
- False
- True
- a symbol between words
- fern#kite#tiger#67
- a poor password habit
- keeping it in your head
- False
- Lotus.Plum.Pearl28
- a good password habit
- a good password habit
- a few random words
- the word qwerty
- chai.dust.boat.37
- SandGoldMoon87
- long but easy to recall
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