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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 242 · 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 characters are in “Ananya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentLampCorn65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_Wolf_Lotus56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Tiger.Dust35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Corn@2013 (b) Gold-Rain-Hill51
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlriverlake39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Tiger@32” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “Frog.28” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “hillriverneemfrog” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome69 (b) lamp.plum.fern.70
  13. 13.🔐 “toastdrumpearlgold” 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
  14. 14.🔐 “Ishaan-Ship-50” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Vine@2009 (b) Pearl@Wheel@Mango68
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand@vine@hill@72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Sand-Brick-Toast46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Frog-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Password-Hill31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Kite@Tent40 (b) Rohan2015
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@Lamp@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
  25. 25.🔐 “Nest-Kite-2010” 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
  26. 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Drum-Wolf50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast.vine.pearl.12 (b) neemshellrainchai
  29. 29.🔐 “tenthillleaffrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPearlLake26 (b) Vihaan2017
  32. 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Neem#Tiger#Mango33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 “shipboatkite41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Nest.Leaf11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Ananya2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Is “tentcloudfrogwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Admin@Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Meera2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. risky
  3. 3
  4. 17
  5. 4
  6. 4
  7. Gold-Rain-Hill51
  8. 16
  9. shorter than 12
  10. shorter than 12
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. lamp.plum.fern.70
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. has a name or year
  15. Pearl@Wheel@Mango68
  16. 7
  17. 3
  18. strong
  19. weak
  20. 12
  21. weak
  22. Toast@Kite@Tent40
  23. 14
  24. emojis
  25. has a name or year
  26. others can guess it
  27. 17
  28. toast.vine.pearl.12
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. 8
  31. NeemPearlLake26
  32. 3
  33. strong
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 17
  36. weak
  37. weak
  38. weak
  39. 9
  40. weak

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