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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 255 · 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.🔐 “shipmangocornlamp” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “gold_river_boat_75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 “Iloveyou@Vine11” 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
  4. 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  5. 5.🔐 Is “brickwolfhill56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “seedferncornrain” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumLampChai79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!pearl!tiger!78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelMoonRain44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedLampDrum14 (b) Iloveyou.Moon21
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Ship29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “hillnestkiteneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Password-Leaf43” 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
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Sand18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Kite17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Neem-Lamp-Chai47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigertentcloud22 (b) LampCloudShell73
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumShellLamp47 (b) Iloveyou-Rain20
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🎂 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Vine@Tent43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “ferngoldriver48” 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
  25. 25.🔐 “Sand_Toast_2016” 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
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Drum.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou18 (b) fern-brick-gold-44
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Sand67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Vine#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “Shell#51” 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
  32. 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf@Tent@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Lake.Tiger.Brick27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “Aarav_Tent_47” 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
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “drumpondsand74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Gold.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumHillFrog87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. strong
  3. has a common word
  4. emojis
  5. weak
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 3
  8. 3
  9. risky
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. SeedLampDrum14
  13. 4
  14. 16
  15. has a common word
  16. 4
  17. 4
  18. strong
  19. LampCloudShell73
  20. DrumShellLamp47
  21. 2
  22. others can guess it
  23. 4
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. has a name or year
  26. 4
  27. 2
  28. fern-brick-gold-44
  29. 12
  30. 4
  31. shorter than 12
  32. 3
  33. 14
  34. strong
  35. has a name or year
  36. 12
  37. 3
  38. 14
  39. 14
  40. 14

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