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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 143 · 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) hillmoonchaitoast (b) MangoKiteSand12
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#River35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 “Admin_Corn50” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustChaiSeed24 (b) cloudvineneembell
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Tiger-Drum62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Is “shippearlneemtent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Nisha2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Ship_82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!Wheel!Brick89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Pearl!Kite49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-nest-boat-82 (b) Rohan2008
  14. 14.🔐 “Hill.82” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi#Pond#80 (b) boat@brick@bell@16
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Boat!Nest21 (b) Gold@River@2010
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand#lamp#hill#10 (b) Tara#Pond#34
  18. 18.🔐 “nestrainfrogcloud” 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
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Shell16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “lotuscornmoonneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  22. 22.🔐 “dustnestboat74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Toast_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Toast23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Rain19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel#Toast#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “laketigercloud69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastmoonvine13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  30. 30.🔐 “Qwerty#Cloud79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteBellLeaf21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “Sand.32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  34. 34.🔐 Is “qwerty30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Lake74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “riverfernlake52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  38. 38.🔐 “Frog-88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatplumleafhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Wheel_22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. MangoKiteSand12
  2. 15
  3. has a common word
  4. DustChaiSeed24
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. weak
  8. weak
  9. 14
  10. 18
  11. 7
  12. 4
  13. pearl-nest-boat-82
  14. shorter than 12
  15. boat@brick@bell@16
  16. Leaf!Boat!Nest21
  17. sand#lamp#hill#10
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 3
  20. 13
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. weak
  24. 4
  25. 13
  26. 16
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. others can guess it
  30. has a common word
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. shorter than 12
  34. weak
  35. 4
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 12
  38. shorter than 12
  39. 1
  40. weak

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