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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 225 · 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-drum-toast-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteDrumSeed20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteseedplumpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bricklaketoastkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogkitenest16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoCloudSeed11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Seed_Neem_2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 “Kite#Lotus#2016” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “dustneemmangowolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Drum@Boat13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Pond-57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Plum45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 “Password.Neem72” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Bell.Lake.Dust52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_ship_river_48 (b) Lamp!71
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuslakegold53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Welcome_Moon33” 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.🔐 “Nisha@Rain@81” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornshipraincloud (b) Frog-Shell-Neem30
  23. 23.🔐 “Ship-Leaf-2010” 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
  24. 24.🔐 “Aarav-Fern-35” 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
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_Neem_Toast53 (b) tigermangopearlkite
  27. 27.🔐 Is “clouddustchaiwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Lamp!Cloud89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Wolf.12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 “riverkiteboat23” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Drum#Bell34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Ship_2012 (b) Hill.Sand.Tiger19
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Nest.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Welcome-Brick81” 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
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Mango!2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Dust40 (b) corn_river_wheel_22
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 16
  7. weak
  8. has a name or year
  9. weak
  10. 8
  11. others can guess it
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 14
  15. 9
  16. has a common word
  17. strong
  18. lotus_ship_river_48
  19. 15
  20. has a common word
  21. has a name or year
  22. Frog-Shell-Neem30
  23. has a name or year
  24. has a name or year
  25. 9
  26. Wheel_Neem_Toast53
  27. weak
  28. 17
  29. weak
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 16
  32. Hill.Sand.Tiger19
  33. weak
  34. 7
  35. 10
  36. has a common word
  37. 4
  38. corn_river_wheel_22
  39. 9
  40. 12

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