Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 199 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
2. 2.🔐 “moonshellmangoriver” 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
3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Tiger!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
4. 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerpearllotus64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteFrogCorn72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
7. 7.🔐 “Welcome-Gold13” 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
8. 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiToastFrog89 (b) Brick_Nest_2017
10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_30 (b) Pearl!Fern!Shell54
11. 11.🔐 Is “drumshipbell71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud@mango@nest@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir.Shell.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
15. 15.🔐 “Tent#62” 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
16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillkitewolflamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
17. 17.🔐 Is “Pearl#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
18. 18.🔐 Is “Mango-Bell-Pond79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@Gold@Mango59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
21. 21.🔐 Is “pondlotusrivertent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
22. 22.🔐 “Password.Boat32” 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
23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaidustmoonlotus (b) mango-brick-cloud-28
24. 24.🔐 “Lamp-30” 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
25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) dust#ship#sand#52
26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Plum#2008 (b) Chai.Plum.Tiger83
27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.21 (b) Dust.Pearl.Hill57
28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog-ship-dust-57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillgoldfrog54 (b) ChaiGoldPond48
30. 30.🔐 “cornshellpearlseed” 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
31. 31.🔐 Is “Kite#Neem#Corn25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakemoonneemcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
33. 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
34. 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
35. 35.🔐 “tigercornpondfrog” 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
36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
37. 37.🔐 “Kite.Moon.2008” 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
38. 38.🔐 Is “MangoWheelSand46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
39. 39.🔐 Is “Tara-River-75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
40. 40.🔐 “Rohan-Lake-22” 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

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