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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 120 · 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.🔐 “Lotus_22” 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
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Hill!Neem15 (b) Kabir.Wheel.17
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara.Sand.39 (b) kite#drum#fern#49
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-ship-pearl-68 (b) Saanvi2008
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogTentLotus11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Qwerty_Toast63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “welcome18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud@Pearl@Nest40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Corn.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPlumKite24 (b) hilltigerlampmango
  18. 18.🔐 “Seed!13” 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
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Frog-Neem-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Plum.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “leafshellplumfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  22. 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “rain_vine_leaf_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Nest.Leaf66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Toast_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 “River#Moon#2010” 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
  29. 29.🔐 “Tent!Wolf!2011” 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
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusboatlake44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “CloudMoonBell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Brick_2017 (b) Toast#Moon#Wheel13
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Letmein@Mango73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 “wolfbellmoon82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudkiteriver73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2010 (b) RainWolfFern18
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Kite_Lotus_Nest19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Is “PlumBellPond25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. in your head
  3. 4
  4. 7
  5. emojis
  6. Corn!Hill!Neem15
  7. kite#drum#fern#49
  8. sand-ship-pearl-68
  9. 15
  10. 4
  11. has a common word
  12. 4
  13. weak
  14. 18
  15. 4
  16. 9
  17. SeedPlumKite24
  18. shorter than 12
  19. weak
  20. 14
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. others can guess it
  23. 10
  24. 4
  25. strong
  26. 17
  27. 4
  28. has a name or year
  29. has a name or year
  30. 2
  31. strong
  32. Toast#Moon#Wheel13
  33. 10
  34. weak
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 2
  37. 9
  38. RainWolfFern18
  39. strong
  40. strong

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