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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 227 · 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) Nisha.Tiger.84 (b) Lotus-Tent-Rain57
  2. 2.🔐 “Pearl!73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Lamp-77 (b) shell-river-tent-27
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@Leaf@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “frog.gold.lamp.60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Is “BoatVinePearl25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Frog-Tiger-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 “Letmein#Leaf25” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#wolf#moon#70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Is “River-Rain-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Diya@Vine@31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  13. 13.🔐 “Rain@18” 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
  14. 14.🔐 “Kite#75” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern!Corn!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Is “kite-bell-hill-87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Is “lotus#ship#chai#46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein54 (b) TigerLeafToast20
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Neem!Lake69 (b) Admin-Corn40
  21. 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  22. 22.🔐 “Letmein-Wolf12” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 “bricknestcorn84” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Chai.Shell48 (b) Tara#Sand#36
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Gold#Bell35 (b) Aarav.River.56
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Cloud#Wolf#Moon52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Is “wheellakefrogdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  30. 30.🔐 “dustlakechainest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  31. 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
  32. 32.🔐 “Pond-13” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#ship#kite#23 (b) moonhillwheellotus
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Toast_Drum88 (b) Frog!34
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Gold@83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Shell!Ship!River60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 “mangoshellneem16” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “dusttoastship49” 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
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it

Answer key

  1. Lotus-Tent-Rain57
  2. shorter than 12
  3. shell-river-tent-27
  4. 4
  5. strong
  6. strong
  7. weak
  8. has a common word
  9. 3
  10. weak
  11. has a name or year
  12. risky
  13. shorter than 12
  14. shorter than 12
  15. 10
  16. 4
  17. strong
  18. strong
  19. TigerLeafToast20
  20. Brick!Neem!Lake69
  21. 3
  22. has a common word
  23. 10
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. Moon.Chai.Shell48
  26. Cloud#Gold#Bell35
  27. strong
  28. weak
  29. emojis
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 12
  32. shorter than 12
  33. rain#ship#kite#23
  34. Moon_Toast_Drum88
  35. weak
  36. 3
  37. strong
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. others can guess it

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