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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 266 · 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.🔐 “Bell-89” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Plum-Frog72 (b) kitetigerwolffrog
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Wheel54 (b) Wolf#43
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome13 (b) VineLampShip36
  6. 6.🔐 Is “river.toast.pond.37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 “kitelampmango50” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi#Neem#85 (b) Cloud_Ship_Frog67
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud_sand_dust_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Brick-Wheel23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Kite.2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonkitemango14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “toastpondwheelfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password40 (b) Gold#Plum#Neem34
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Wolf!57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlCloudLotus79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain!shell!neem!56 (b) tigerplumbrickshell
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Vine_Gold12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “Iloveyou@Corn80” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Lake.54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Chai-2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  26. 26.🔐 Is “riverrainmangochai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 Is “moonshiptoast65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Chai.49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “iloveyou27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-River-Lotus16 (b) Letmein_Pearl56
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Hill29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Toast@Moon@Boat66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast#bell#lamp#18 (b) Tiger_Seed_2008
  35. 35.🔐 “Arjun_Bell_11” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “laketigerpondriver” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Neem#18 (b) neem-wolf-river-58
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.37 (b) pearl@plum@wheel@41
  39. 39.🔐 “wolfbrickrain22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Brick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. Sand-Plum-Frog72
  3. in your head
  4. Kite#Sand#Wheel54
  5. VineLampShip36
  6. strong
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. Cloud_Ship_Frog67
  9. 18
  10. weak
  11. 19
  12. 4
  13. 2
  14. weak
  15. 3
  16. Gold#Plum#Neem34
  17. emojis
  18. weak
  19. 17
  20. rain!shell!neem!56
  21. 4
  22. has a common word
  23. weak
  24. 14
  25. others can guess it
  26. weak
  27. weak
  28. 13
  29. weak
  30. Neem-River-Lotus16
  31. 10
  32. weak
  33. strong
  34. toast#bell#lamp#18
  35. has a name or year
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. neem-wolf-river-58
  38. pearl@plum@wheel@41
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 4

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