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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 210 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 “vinepondmangolotus” 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
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell@Lamp@Drum70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Wolf70 (b) Moon-Tiger-Cloud36
  6. 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffrogtiger44 (b) Plum-Pearl-Ship84
  8. 8.🔐 “Letmein!Wolf57” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Toast#Wolf#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  11. 11.🔐 “Password#Kite21” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “mangoshellkiteplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Is “HillKiteLotus42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestriverplumshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Is “lampdustmoon71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Diya#Cloud#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerCloudShip38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2010 (b) Hill_River_Dust46
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Neem_2018 (b) TigerVinePond33
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Corn-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Seed_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Mango_18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus.hill.tent.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Nest@Wheel@Gold20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 “cloudseedsandplum” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “pearlkitehill12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  29. 29.🔐 Is “tentlampclouddrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 “frogsandbrick25” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafVineToast55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerseedpearllake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Bell!Plum!Lotus29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Ship_Shell33 (b) drumgoldsand14
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfCloudVine10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Toast59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. 3
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4
  5. Moon-Tiger-Cloud36
  6. emojis
  7. Plum-Pearl-Ship84
  8. has a common word
  9. weak
  10. 12
  11. has a common word
  12. weak
  13. strong
  14. 1
  15. weak
  16. weak
  17. risky
  18. 16
  19. Hill_River_Dust46
  20. TigerVinePond33
  21. 8
  22. 14
  23. 4
  24. 15
  25. 18
  26. strong
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. weak
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 15
  32. 9
  33. 1
  34. strong
  35. Dust_Ship_Shell33
  36. 2
  37. 2
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 4

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