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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 270 · 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.🔐 “Qwerty!Lake89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  2. 2.🔐 Is “shellwolfbricklamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “pearlbrickcorn12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Mango-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed#26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2014 (b) Wheel_Drum_Gold59
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Bell_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum.mango.lotus.75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@River64 (b) BellLakeCloud13
  11. 11.🔐 “Pearl-Pond-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  13. 13.🔐 “kiterainfernmoon” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 14.🗝️ 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
  15. 15.🔐 “Kite-35” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Hill!Boat!Wolf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Arjun.Cloud.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 “pearlcornneemcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Bell#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “tigerbellcornboat” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Lamp#Neem#Lotus84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 “Neem@Bell@2009” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill.Leaf.2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-pond-dust-63 (b) Letmein_Corn29
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.cloud.lotus.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.Lake.2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Gold@Tent31 (b) welcome27
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#sand#tiger#63 (b) Diya2010
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#kite#fern#30 (b) Vine#39
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “shell_kite_tiger_46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemwolfgold23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Lotus#86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakemoonbellrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Bell!Fern!Brick53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@66 (b) VineLotusKite83
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Moon-Dust-Seed27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!Wheel!Tiger59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) Rain#Gold#Neem32
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.73 (b) LakeLampWheel36

Answer key

  1. has a common word
  2. weak
  3. 8
  4. weak
  5. 14
  6. 4
  7. Wheel_Drum_Gold59
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. BellLakeCloud13
  11. has a name or year
  12. risky
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. in your head
  15. shorter than 12
  16. strong
  17. weak
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 14
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. strong
  22. has a name or year
  23. 14
  24. lotus-pond-dust-63
  25. 19
  26. 14
  27. Ship@Gold@Tent31
  28. fern#sand#tiger#63
  29. cloud#kite#fern#30
  30. 19
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. weak
  34. 1
  35. strong
  36. VineLotusKite83
  37. strong
  38. 18
  39. Rain#Gold#Neem32
  40. LakeLampWheel36

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