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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 136 · 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.🔐 “pearlseedpondcloud” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “neemsandpearl69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  3. 3.🔐 “Chai-63” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Shell!80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_57 (b) sand-bell-shell-89
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernLampDust20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Shell@Pond48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Letmein_Brick82” 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
  10. 10.🎂 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “admin29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondboatfrog35 (b) NestBellWheel57
  16. 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Admin-Mango70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Arjun@Dust@41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Corn.2009 (b) brick#wolf#toast#48
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Brick-Rain26 (b) Diya2014
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “Gold-33” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “hillmangoplumship” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Toast.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “Admin@Moon46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentpondhill42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickgoldpond34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Kite-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  30. 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Rain@Tent29 (b) Welcome_Mango83
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Frog@27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainDustPlum26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest!Hill!Leaf59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Aarav!River!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Pearl.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf.lamp.sand.42 (b) River!Vine!2017
  39. 39.🔐 “sandwolfriverneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Wolf-26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. shorter than 12
  4. weak
  5. sand-bell-shell-89
  6. 3
  7. emojis
  8. 4
  9. has a common word
  10. others can guess it
  11. 9
  12. risky
  13. 3
  14. 7
  15. NestBellWheel57
  16. 3
  17. weak
  18. weak
  19. brick#wolf#toast#48
  20. Pearl-Brick-Rain26
  21. 2
  22. shorter than 12
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 4
  25. has a common word
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 15
  29. 12
  30. in your head
  31. Plum@Rain@Tent29
  32. 13
  33. 3
  34. 4
  35. weak
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. wolf.lamp.sand.42
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 14

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