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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 10 · 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.🔐 Is “password22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 “Qwerty_Tent85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3.🔐 “wheelkiteriverlamp” 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
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Pearl18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Tent.Lamp.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond_Wolf_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 “Meera@Neem@44” 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf#cloud#dust#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango@drum@rain@33 (b) hillplumdrum32
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Wheel77 (b) Kite_Plum_Corn89
  14. 14.🔐 Is “drumwolfbelldust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Sand!2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-12 (b) KiteLakeVine11
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemDrumRain64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “boat!lake!pond!15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2017 (b) Cloud_Fern_Dust41
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “clouddustpearl15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Lotus.84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “seedbelllamptiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem.rain.hill.37 (b) Ship.Lamp.2011
  27. 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.85 (b) Boat-Lake-Moon30
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “ship@tent@drum@11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus@bell@kite@74 (b) iloveyou36
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “seedmangonest77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Tiger.Rain.2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Tara2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 “Brick#Rain#2010” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Leaf_Lotus_Cloud23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 “tentcloudsandplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.39 (b) mango-ship-vine-23
  38. 38.🔐 “toastchaihillshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Seed-Plum75 (b) Welcome!Cloud54
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Sand-Tent82 (b) cornfernnest26

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. has a common word
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. others can guess it
  5. 13
  6. 12
  7. in your head
  8. weak
  9. 4
  10. has a name or year
  11. 18
  12. mango@drum@rain@33
  13. Kite_Plum_Corn89
  14. weak
  15. 14
  16. KiteLakeVine11
  17. 3
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. strong
  21. Cloud_Fern_Dust41
  22. 3
  23. weak
  24. 4
  25. weak
  26. neem.rain.hill.37
  27. risky
  28. Boat-Lake-Moon30
  29. 17
  30. lotus@bell@kite@74
  31. 15
  32. has a name or year
  33. weak
  34. has a name or year
  35. strong
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. mango-ship-vine-23
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. Hill-Seed-Plum75
  40. Toast-Sand-Tent82

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