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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 187 · 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 “Plum_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentpearlboatkite (b) drum_tent_lake_33
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.drum.mango.13 (b) Toast.37
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlvinepond65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “Welcome@Cloud77” 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Ship#82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlhillshell35 (b) RainNestSeed38
  8. 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.River.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Brick@50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlamphill62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Sand#30 (b) MangoShellSand24
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_River70 (b) SeedBoatLotus57
  14. 14.🔐 “Pearl.53” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlCornShip84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Plum_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Lake73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “fernlampsand25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Rain@Neem@Nest52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 “dustlampfrogfern” 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
  22. 22.🔐 “Password_Moon17” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafWolfCorn29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Brick!Tiger83 (b) cloudleafpearlneem
  25. 25.🔐 “Tara!Moon!47” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “wheelpearlshell89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel@moon@leaf@41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Sand.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty51 (b) ToastTigerBell22
  30. 30.🔐 “mangoriverpearlvine” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “lampkitetent87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipShellHill58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Iloveyou.Corn13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Rain15 (b) KiteWheelDrum18
  35. 35.🔐 “Saanvi@Moon@86” 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
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudleafmoon58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Lamp@Neem11 (b) toastlakesandshell
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🗝️ 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
  40. 40.🔐 “drumtigerlotusrain” 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

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. drum_tent_lake_33
  3. river.drum.mango.13
  4. 15
  5. has a common word
  6. shorter than 12
  7. RainNestSeed38
  8. risky
  9. 4
  10. 13
  11. 15
  12. MangoShellSand24
  13. SeedBoatLotus57
  14. shorter than 12
  15. 15
  16. 4
  17. others can guess it
  18. 4
  19. 14
  20. strong
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. has a common word
  23. 14
  24. Lake!Brick!Tiger83
  25. has a name or year
  26. weak
  27. 3
  28. 4
  29. ToastTigerBell22
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. weak
  32. 15
  33. has a common word
  34. KiteWheelDrum18
  35. has a name or year
  36. 2
  37. Drum@Lamp@Neem11
  38. 4
  39. in your head
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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