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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 205 · 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) welcome13 (b) ChaiDrumGold29
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedVineBell18 (b) Kabir2011
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Password@Lamp29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “moon#neem#hill#17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Drum_Chai_Ship45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 “wolfleafneem24” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Seed-Lamp-River77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
  9. 9.🔐 “Brick_44” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “MangoVineNeem30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2015 (b) LotusBellDrum59
  12. 12.🔐 “lakefrogwheel20” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Diya.Fern.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Bell@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🎂 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
  16. 16.🔐 Is “ShellNestTiger34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumLotusFrog30 (b) letmein32
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ponddustneemwheel (b) KiteFrogPearl82
  20. 20.🔐 “lamphilldusttent” 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
  21. 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
  22. 22.🔐 “cloudneemlakeship” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Lamp_14 (b) Ship@Pond@Wheel79
  26. 26.🔐 “Letmein@Moon44” 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
  27. 27.🔐 “Tara@Gold@12” 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
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi.Pearl.36 (b) Lamp.Tiger.Wheel85
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerDustWolf52 (b) Gold-Chai-2016
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!dust!boat!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “wolfboatnest57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Nest!Toast!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 “Kite@Frog@2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  36. 36.🔐 Is “letmein43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) SeedShellRiver62
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!corn!kite!32 (b) Cloud-Fern-2017
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 “Vihaan#Pond#49” 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. ChaiDrumGold29
  2. SeedVineBell18
  3. weak
  4. 17
  5. strong
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. strong
  8. 12
  9. shorter than 12
  10. strong
  11. LotusBellDrum59
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. weak
  14. weak
  15. others can guess it
  16. strong
  17. DrumLotusFrog30
  18. 9
  19. KiteFrogPearl82
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. emojis
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 3
  24. in your head
  25. Ship@Pond@Wheel79
  26. has a common word
  27. has a name or year
  28. 2
  29. Lamp.Tiger.Wheel85
  30. TigerDustWolf52
  31. 3
  32. weak
  33. 3
  34. weak
  35. has a name or year
  36. weak
  37. SeedShellRiver62
  38. pond!corn!kite!32
  39. 9
  40. has a name or year

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