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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 228 · 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.🔐 “Pearl_10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Gold49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Bell_Chai63 (b) dustboatdrumpond
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Hill16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Rain-Mango-Nest77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Lotus@2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentRainHill31 (b) Saanvi2013
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogpondtent66 (b) pond_lotus_tiger_75
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Ship.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Plum-Corn67 (b) iloveyou62
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedShipHill80 (b) Cloud_40
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  14. 14.🔐 “tigervineshellriver” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty70 (b) leaf-neem-river-21
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dusttoastnesttent (b) Boat@River@Hill16
  18. 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Pearl63 (b) PearlFernLotus13
  20. 20.🔐 Is “mangofrogchai77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Cloud#71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Rohan!Pearl!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “ferntigerplum86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “sand-drum-moon-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Hill-Corn-Pond29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Plum!Kite!Toast15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty78 (b) Lotus#Corn#Pearl82
  28. 28.🔐 “Shell_64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.shell.lotus.58 (b) Frog_77
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Brick@73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 “Arjun!Rain!23” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password61 (b) Sand_Tiger_Mango12
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Lotus_Gold31 (b) Tara2008
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Diya.Tiger.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Tiger.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “tigerdrumfrog23” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Leaf74 (b) CloudDrumMoon56
  38. 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill@vine@chai@70 (b) password22
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_20 (b) TentGoldLotus19

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. 4
  3. Hill_Bell_Chai63
  4. 15
  5. strong
  6. 4
  7. TentRainHill31
  8. pond_lotus_tiger_75
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. Brick-Plum-Corn67
  12. SeedShipHill80
  13. 12
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. leaf-neem-river-21
  16. others can guess it
  17. Boat@River@Hill16
  18. emojis
  19. PearlFernLotus13
  20. weak
  21. weak
  22. weak
  23. 15
  24. strong
  25. strong
  26. strong
  27. Lotus#Corn#Pearl82
  28. shorter than 12
  29. drum.shell.lotus.58
  30. weak
  31. has a name or year
  32. Sand_Tiger_Mango12
  33. Frog_Lotus_Gold31
  34. weak
  35. 15
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. CloudDrumMoon56
  38. risky
  39. hill@vine@chai@70
  40. TentGoldLotus19

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