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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 212 · 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.🔐 “neemtentmoontoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  2. 2.🔐 “Meera#Wolf#75” 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
  3. 3.🔐 “hilltigership89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4.🔐 Is “BrickMoonLeaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 Is “lamp-corn-nest-63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Drum!Fern71 (b) pondplumfern87
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#58 (b) fern-brick-bell-61
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Rain-Corn10 (b) riverboatfern31
  9. 9.🔐 “Tent!24” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship.gold.hill.34 (b) admin16
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerrivercorndust (b) fern.tent.sand.52
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafwheelhilllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@Ship@Pearl35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelcornkite75 (b) BellBrickLeaf83
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Hill@Plum32 (b) Admin-Tiger88
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Seed!Tent!Lotus61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 “lampbrickfrogdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Dust.Sand.2015” 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
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestToastPlum67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Dust-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “RiverShellCloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “seed_chai_cloud_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Tent!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverNestRain19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondBrickTent63 (b) fernlaketentship
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickLeafTent60 (b) frogneembrick46
  29. 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  30. 30.🔐 “Admin!Dust65” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Gold_Pearl_Cloud64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 “Corn!17” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellrainlamp47 (b) TigerLeafSeed78
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteferntigershell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Frog.Chai.Boat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Is “toast@hill@pearl@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-drum-moon-60 (b) Sand-18
  39. 39.🔐 “Kabir!Cloud!42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Leaf!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. has a name or year
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. strong
  5. strong
  6. Sand!Drum!Fern71
  7. fern-brick-bell-61
  8. Vine-Rain-Corn10
  9. shorter than 12
  10. ship.gold.hill.34
  11. fern.tent.sand.52
  12. 1
  13. 18
  14. BellBrickLeaf83
  15. Drum@Hill@Plum32
  16. strong
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 4
  19. has a name or year
  20. 3
  21. 13
  22. strong
  23. 9
  24. strong
  25. 4
  26. 15
  27. PondBrickTent63
  28. BrickLeafTent60
  29. risky
  30. has a common word
  31. strong
  32. shorter than 12
  33. TigerLeafSeed78
  34. 1
  35. others can guess it
  36. strong
  37. strong
  38. sand-drum-moon-60
  39. has a name or year
  40. weak

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