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 password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara2011 (b) MoonSandPond75 (c) Moon.Ship.2011 (d) Iloveyou-Ship22
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Kite@River10 (b) Rain!33
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipChaiKite53 (b) Drum.Kite.2011
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) changing a leaked one (c) typing it out of sight (d) long random words
- 5.🔀 Which words make the best passphrase? (a) your school motto (b) random, unrelated words (c) your family names (d) a famous quote
- 6.True or false: “two-step login turned on” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “the word qwerty” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Brick85 (b) mango!shell!seed!13
- 9.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your pet’s name? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 10.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “changing a leaked one” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🧠 Why are passphrases good? (a) anyone can guess them (b) short and quick (c) they need no letters (d) long but easy to recall
- 13.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) telling a best friend (b) the number 123456 (c) the word password (d) a passphrase of 3 words
- 14.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Rohan@Toast@24 (b) plum-wheel-lamp-73 (c) Sand!50 (d) tigercloudboatdust
- 15.🔁 A website you use says its passwords leaked. What should you do? (a) post it online (b) ignore it (c) change that password (d) use it everywhere
- 16.🧵 Good or poor password habit: your phone number? (a) a good password habit (b) a poor password habit
- 17.True or false: “a symbol between words” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Ishaan-Tiger-67 (b) lotussandfrogtoast (c) pearl.lamp.wolf.87 (d) Sand!29
- 19.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tara2010 (b) tigerpondlotusbell (c) sandfernvine69 (d) Pond_Gold_Mango24
- 20.🧵 What is a passphrase? (a) a few random words (b) one short word (c) your name twice (d) only numbers
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) keeping it in your head (c) your name and birth year (d) the number 123456
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it on your desk (b) typing it out of sight (c) one password everywhere (d) the number 123456
- 23.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) keeping it in your head (b) your phone number (c) the number 123456 (d) your pet’s name
- 24.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Meera2017 (b) Admin.Sand83 (c) admin45 (d) PondMangoSand37
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedLakeWolf66 (b) Arjun2016
- 26.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) cloudmangosandvine (b) iloveyou28 (c) Admin-Neem55 (d) ChaiDrumTiger16
- 27.➕ The passphrase “kite river lamp” becomes stronger if you… (a) add capitals and digits (b) use only one word (c) make it shorter (d) add your name
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty23 (b) Mango.Sand.Toast64
- 29.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) FernLotusChai64 (b) rainfernchaicorn (c) Iloveyou.Seed82 (d) Chai-Sand-2009
- 30.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) Tent#Neem#Seed74 (b) admin38 (c) bellsandkite68 (d) nestrivershipbrick
- 31.True or false: “your phone number” is a good password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_73 (b) Chai.Gold.Rain31
- 33.🔐 Which password follows ALL of our rules? (a) seedrainhill75 (b) Wolf_Brick_Fern24 (c) Lotus#66 (d) Iloveyou@Toast21
- 34.True or false: “your pet’s name” is a poor password habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) posting it in a chat (b) one password per account (c) your phone number (d) writing it on your desk
- 36.True or false: “keeping it in your head” is a poor password habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) Sand_Lamp_Brick64
- 38.Which of these is a good password habit? (a) your name and birth year (b) changing a leaked one (c) writing it on your desk (d) posting it in a chat
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.81 (b) Lake@Fern@Toast65
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone number (b) posting it in a chat (c) a symbol between words (d) one password everywhere
Answer key
- MoonSandPond75
- Bell@Kite@River10
- ShipChaiKite53
- writing it on your desk
- random, unrelated words
- True
- False
- mango!shell!seed!13
- a poor password habit
- True
- False
- long but easy to recall
- a passphrase of 3 words
- plum-wheel-lamp-73
- change that password
- a poor password habit
- False
- pearl.lamp.wolf.87
- Pond_Gold_Mango24
- a few random words
- keeping it in your head
- typing it out of sight
- keeping it in your head
- PondMangoSand37
- SeedLakeWolf66
- ChaiDrumTiger16
- add capitals and digits
- Mango.Sand.Toast64
- FernLotusChai64
- Tent#Neem#Seed74
- False
- Chai.Gold.Rain31
- Wolf_Brick_Fern24
- True
- one password per account
- False
- Sand_Lamp_Brick64
- changing a leaked one
- Lake@Fern@Toast65
- a symbol between words
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