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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 260 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestsandkite43 (b) Pond-Cloud-Wheel29
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#42 (b) Brick.Pearl.Chai65
  3. 3.🔐 “lampmoonfern50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  4. 4.🔐 Is “froglamptoast13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Ananya2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Lamp-2014 (b) Neem-Sand-Nest38
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Fern@Wolf49 (b) Diya2012
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-River-2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 “Bell!Lamp!2018” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein66 (b) MoonBrickRain72
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverHillChai33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafDustVine18 (b) password42
  18. 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  19. 19.🔐 “Brick!Fern!2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  20. 20.🔐 Is “rainmoonvine30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “shell-plum-rain-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusgoldfernkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-neem-gold-71 (b) Aarav2014
  26. 26.🔐 “Qwerty-Sand30” 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
  27. 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  28. 28.🔐 “Tara!Lamp!26” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “pearl-pond-lake-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Plum_Lake_Seed16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 “rivertentseed50” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Is “moonfrogboat64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Drum#2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “Nest-69” 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
  35. 35.🔐 “Plum!Wheel!2014” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “drumtoastbell46” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.frog.toast.14 (b) fernneemlotushill
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Drum.27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Is “bell!drum!vine!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 Is “welcome73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. Pond-Cloud-Wheel29
  2. Brick.Pearl.Chai65
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. weak
  5. risky
  6. weak
  7. Neem-Sand-Nest38
  8. Rain@Fern@Wolf49
  9. 4
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. has a name or year
  13. MoonBrickRain72
  14. 3
  15. 4
  16. 4
  17. LeafDustVine18
  18. 12
  19. has a name or year
  20. weak
  21. 7
  22. strong
  23. others can guess it
  24. 1
  25. seed-neem-gold-71
  26. has a common word
  27. 3
  28. has a name or year
  29. strong
  30. strong
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. weak
  33. 4
  34. shorter than 12
  35. has a name or year
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. cloud.frog.toast.14
  38. 4
  39. strong
  40. weak

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