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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 247 · 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.🔐 “Fern.Tent.2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Drum_18 (b) vine!pond!mango!53
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Rohan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Neem17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 “Saanvi#Brick#29” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Fern_2016 (b) Drum.Mango.Vine63
  8. 8.🔐 “Iloveyou_Shell82” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Seed49 (b) Diya@Tiger@50
  10. 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Gold!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome31 (b) Lake#Gold#Drum36
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.fern.kite.35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudPondLamp32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastfrogchaileaf (b) Neem!Kite!Sand83
  18. 18.🔐 “drumfernneemlamp” 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
  19. 19.🔐 “cornnestdrumtoast” 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
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Sand53 (b) Drum_Seed_Lamp65
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Brick!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedbrickmooncloud (b) VineMoonTent59
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldkitecorndrum (b) ChaiDustToast14
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Vine-Ship71 (b) Meera2011
  26. 26.🔐 “Wheel@63” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Mango.2011 (b) Toast.Brick.Drum85
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “hillfroglotus27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-vine-neem-62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Password_Leaf78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “LeafNeemTiger79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Sand@2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “SeedCloudLotus17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!River82 (b) KiteRiverCloud77
  36. 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Corn71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Cloud.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. vine!pond!mango!53
  3. weak
  4. others can guess it
  5. 4
  6. has a name or year
  7. Drum.Mango.Vine63
  8. has a common word
  9. Kite#Sand#Seed49
  10. in your head
  11. weak
  12. Lake#Gold#Drum36
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. Neem!Kite!Sand83
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. 2
  21. Drum_Seed_Lamp65
  22. 14
  23. VineMoonTent59
  24. ChaiDustToast14
  25. Fern-Vine-Ship71
  26. shorter than 12
  27. Toast.Brick.Drum85
  28. 15
  29. 18
  30. has a common word
  31. 3
  32. strong
  33. 4
  34. strong
  35. KiteRiverCloud77
  36. emojis
  37. 4
  38. weak
  39. 4
  40. 10

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