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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 244 · 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.🔐 “pearllotusshiphill” 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.🔐 Is “gold-river-seed-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlWheelLake70 (b) Qwerty-Wolf23
  4. 4.🔐 “plumshipkite44” 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
  5. 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) Lake!Shell!Ship16
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedShellNest89 (b) Mango@33
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!Kite!Vine40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondPlumKite78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Bell@15 (b) Moon!River!Mango77
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Tiger!Nest!Corn87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernPondToast60 (b) Nisha-Cloud-43
  15. 15.🎂 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
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Tent.2012 (b) Neem#Kite#Hill72
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-River-14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “shipgoldpearl38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 “Saanvi_Rain_22” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Is “moontoastrain33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 “brickboatmangohill” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) SeedBoatLeaf20
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornNeemRiver85 (b) Tiger_Lake_2012
  24. 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Admin@Hill64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Neem@Lamp35 (b) goldcloudnestrain
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Sand.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Kite20 (b) NeemChaiDrum29
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust_seed_neem_26 (b) sandtigerdustmoon
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “seed_pearl_dust_85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “bricknestmoon45” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud-corn-drum-73 (b) cloudtigerchaidust
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudriverneemseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Admin-Lotus55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Corn#26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@59 (b) TigerSeedTent48
  40. 40.🔐 Is “mango.nest.river.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. strong
  3. PearlWheelLake70
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. in your head
  6. Lake!Shell!Ship16
  7. SeedShellNest89
  8. 17
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. risky
  12. Moon!River!Mango77
  13. strong
  14. FernPondToast60
  15. others can guess it
  16. Neem#Kite#Hill72
  17. 13
  18. 15
  19. has a name or year
  20. weak
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. SeedBoatLeaf20
  23. CornNeemRiver85
  24. 12
  25. weak
  26. Wolf@Neem@Lamp35
  27. 14
  28. 8
  29. 8
  30. NeemChaiDrum29
  31. dust_seed_neem_26
  32. 18
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. weak
  35. cloud-corn-drum-73
  36. 1
  37. weak
  38. weak
  39. TigerSeedTent48
  40. strong

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