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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 1 · 40 questions
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Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2009 (b) gold!chai!drum!38
  2. 2.🔐 “Wheel!65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Vine@Dust@Wolf29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 “brickrivertoast81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Tent#Boat#Moon45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_River_Boat36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “Admin@Kite39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  8. 8.🔐 Is “moonvinemangolotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Dust-Lake84 (b) Fern-31
  11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Mango.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Plum!Lake!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 “goldsandleaf33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 15.🔐 Is “welcome13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 “Meera_Corn_74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudwheeltent17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 “Moon.Lake.2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemwolfvinedrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  21. 21.🔐 Is “toast_fern_boat_51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemVineMango45 (b) qwerty22
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Ship@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf!wolf!chai!52 (b) Welcome!Nest83
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Dust19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lamp73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Hill61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Is “BoatMangoLeaf50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Tiger29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Is “pond-mango-pearl-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 “Ship#74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Cloud75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Dust!Shell25 (b) Ishaan2011
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Password@River46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Diya.Vine.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Sand_2008 (b) GoldNestKite52
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Kite88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “moon#river#sand#14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long

Answer key

  1. gold!chai!drum!38
  2. shorter than 12
  3. strong
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. strong
  6. 4
  7. has a common word
  8. weak
  9. 4
  10. Hill-Dust-Lake84
  11. risky
  12. 15
  13. weak
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. weak
  16. has a name or year
  17. 16
  18. has a name or year
  19. 1
  20. in your head
  21. strong
  22. NeemVineMango45
  23. 4
  24. leaf!wolf!chai!52
  25. 15
  26. weak
  27. 14
  28. strong
  29. weak
  30. strong
  31. shorter than 12
  32. 16
  33. Leaf!Dust!Shell25
  34. weak
  35. weak
  36. GoldNestKite52
  37. 4
  38. 12
  39. 18
  40. others can guess it

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