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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 237 · 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.🔐 “Hill-Lotus-2013” 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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_Frog_Corn35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Kite-Plum72 (b) Dust.87
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tentgoldpearl22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 “Arjun.Leaf.65” 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 “MangoKiteToast64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Vine_Plum18 (b) password82
  11. 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumToastMoon13 (b) Password.Tent67
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus#Dust#River37 (b) Nisha_Corn_16
  14. 14.🔐 “Brick@Kite@2009” 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
  15. 15.🔐 “Meera_Gold_82” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Is “brick!shell!river!65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#ship#neem#54 (b) Boat-81
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemLakeShip10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumMangoPond25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Pond63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillneemlampwolf (b) HillLakeNeem26
  23. 23.🔐 “leafmangowolfwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Lotus#Drum#Frog58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfmoonlake54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudrainvine23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-18 (b) Lamp-Nest-Toast63
  28. 28.🔐 “Admin-Mango61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  29. 29.🔐 “Ship@59” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainChaiSand56 (b) kiteshellwolf39
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “DustTigerShell31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_River_Tent81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “tentferntiger17” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Seed#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “laketoastneem65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “Lotus.Ship.2015” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Mango_2011 (b) Wolf_Leaf_Tent75
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Cloud-81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Leaf32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Neem-Wheel46 (b) Welcome@Vine38

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. others can guess it
  5. Pearl-Kite-Plum72
  6. weak
  7. 15
  8. has a name or year
  9. strong
  10. Dust_Vine_Plum18
  11. 3
  12. DrumToastMoon13
  13. Lotus#Dust#River37
  14. has a name or year
  15. has a name or year
  16. strong
  17. hill#ship#neem#54
  18. 4
  19. 3
  20. 15
  21. 4
  22. HillLakeNeem26
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. strong
  25. 14
  26. 15
  27. Lamp-Nest-Toast63
  28. has a common word
  29. shorter than 12
  30. RainChaiSand56
  31. 16
  32. 4
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. weak
  35. 2
  36. has a name or year
  37. Wolf_Leaf_Tent75
  38. 14
  39. weak
  40. Moon-Neem-Wheel46

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