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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 100 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Neem@87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Welcome#Cloud30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  3. 3.🔐 “cloudferngoldneem” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Pond@Brick@2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Sand!Dust!Drum25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoasthill36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Letmein@Neem68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Neem_Cloud_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 “Meera#Boat#15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafFernPearl15 (b) pearlwheelhill23
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Leaf!Fern32 (b) letmein23
  12. 12.🔐 “Iloveyou!Nest54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “Drum#Cloud#2008” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Neem-65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusplumlamp85 (b) river@lotus@bell@60
  19. 19.🔐 Is “tentshelltigersand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Boat!12 (b) hill@river@cloud@38
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusSeedMoon39 (b) Ship.Gold.2014
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Brick!Nest!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 “Lotus-Rain-2012” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastlampsand17 (b) tent-hill-mango-63
  25. 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  26. 26.🔐 “Qwerty#Wheel74” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Ishaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel#46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Wheel-Lotus68 (b) River_Lamp_2018
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlTigerTent84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust-toast-drum-54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “shiphillfrogtent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Cloud#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Pond@88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔐 “pearlchaiboatgold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoSeedLotus34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Vihaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus#rain#lamp#86 (b) Ship.39

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. has a common word
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. weak
  5. strong
  6. 2
  7. weak
  8. weak
  9. has a name or year
  10. LeafFernPearl15
  11. Nest!Leaf!Fern32
  12. has a common word
  13. 3
  14. has a name or year
  15. weak
  16. risky
  17. 4
  18. river@lotus@bell@60
  19. weak
  20. hill@river@cloud@38
  21. LotusSeedMoon39
  22. weak
  23. has a name or year
  24. tent-hill-mango-63
  25. others can guess it
  26. has a common word
  27. weak
  28. 8
  29. 2
  30. 4
  31. Chai-Wheel-Lotus68
  32. 16
  33. 3
  34. weak
  35. 15
  36. shorter than 12
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. 16
  39. weak
  40. lotus#rain#lamp#86

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