The Encrypted Server Room
An IT-themed escape room where B2 learners solve tech-related puzzles using multiple-choice, cipher, word-scramble, matching-pairs, and odd-one-out formats to discover a five-letter master code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Computer Tech Literacy.
You are a junior IT support technician who has accidentally locked yourself in the server room during a system update. The main computer terminal displays five encrypted puzzles that must be solved in sequence to regain access to the building. Each correct answer reveals one letter of the master…
Solve all five puzzles to unlock the master code and escape the server room.
Puzzles
- 🖥️ Hardware Identification: Which of these is a peripheral device that connects to a computer to produce physical documents?
- 🔐 Encrypted Password: Decode this cipher to find a common security practice. Each number represents a letter (A=1, B=2, etc.): 16-1-19-19-23-15-18-4
- ⚙️ Scrambled Component: Unscramble this word to identify an essential computer component that processes instructions: RPOSCREC
- 🔗 Technical Terms & Definitions: Match each technical term with its correct definition:
- 🎯 Identify the Outsider: Which of these does NOT belong in the category of web browsers?
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
- 🖥️ Hardware Identification Which of these is a peripheral device that connects to a computer to produce physical documents?
- 🔐 Encrypted Password Decode this cipher to find a common security practice. Each number represents a letter (A=1, B=2, etc.): 16-1-19-19-23-15-18-4 16-1-19-19-23-15-18-4 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26
- ⚙️ Scrambled Component Unscramble this word to identify an essential computer component that processes instructions: RPOSCREC S R R P S O E C O