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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 293 · 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.🔐 “Rohan.Neem.86” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “Admin!Plum40” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornmangopearl81 (b) Mango!Frog!Brick87
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Mango62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtentrivermango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Ship50 (b) tent.wolf.lake.72
  9. 9.🔐 “tigerlampseed33” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “bricksandlotus30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Corn.Shell.Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Diya-Frog-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Welcome_Drum63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2011 (b) Leaf-Neem-Brick64
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusRainNeem28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakewolfcornriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “drum@wheel@kite@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
  19. 19.🔐 Is “LotusBellBoat77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “cloudnestcornpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 Is “sand#tent#pearl#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 “shipvinedustplum” 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
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Lotus-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogshellmango58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “seedboatpearl45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusSandRiver54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-pearl-frog-74 (b) Cloud.26
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Tiger!Rain!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustlakeship45 (b) SeedCloudToast27
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “corndrumvinelake” 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.🔐 “Rain-48” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakelamptiger47 (b) Toast-Frog-Tent30
  37. 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
  38. 38.🔐 “Tiger-62” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Lamp@Lake88 (b) Nisha2014
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. has a common word
  3. Mango!Frog!Brick87
  4. 15
  5. in your head
  6. 1
  7. 2
  8. tent.wolf.lake.72
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. weak
  11. strong
  12. weak
  13. weak
  14. Leaf-Neem-Brick64
  15. 3
  16. 1
  17. 18
  18. risky
  19. strong
  20. weak
  21. strong
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 14
  24. 2
  25. weak
  26. 16
  27. 7
  28. dust-pearl-frog-74
  29. 7
  30. others can guess it
  31. weak
  32. SeedCloudToast27
  33. 9
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. shorter than 12
  36. Toast-Frog-Tent30
  37. 3
  38. shorter than 12
  39. Tiger@Lamp@Lake88
  40. 2

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