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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 300 · 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) vinerainwolf33 (b) NestShipSeed42
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Toast.Kite.Drum69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Lotus@Ship73 (b) letmein58
  4. 4.🔐 “Diya.Drum.27” 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
  5. 5.🔐 “Kite@Lotus@2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  6. 6.🔐 Is “letmein46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 “Admin-Plum53” 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
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_Frog_Drum26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Frog-70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Shell-Moon54 (b) Tara2010
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “brickchailotus84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “shellcloudwolf10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  13. 13.🔐 “Letmein-Seed49” 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
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Cloud!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
  16. 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  18. 18.🔐 “Mango_Drum_2008” 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
  19. 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  20. 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
  21. 21.🔐 “mangonestwolfleaf” 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
  22. 22.🔐 “Letmein_Frog54” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Kite50 (b) Mango.Nest.Kite15
  24. 24.🔐 “Meera.Vine.21” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 “Rain_58” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_tiger_gold_44 (b) shellseedship44
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Lotus29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-13 (b) Boat_Drum_Tent61
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_Pond_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “SandRiverChai74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Plum-12 (b) RainKiteDust30
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Boat-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Password#Lamp53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Tiger11 (b) BoatFernFrog15
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Mango-2018 (b) BellCloudLake28
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernNeemRiver57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Vine!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Fern#Tent#Boat35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. NestShipSeed42
  2. strong
  3. Sand@Lotus@Ship73
  4. has a name or year
  5. has a name or year
  6. weak
  7. has a common word
  8. 4
  9. 4
  10. River-Shell-Moon54
  11. 16
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. has a common word
  14. 14
  15. 12
  16. emojis
  17. 3
  18. has a name or year
  19. others can guess it
  20. risky
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. has a common word
  23. Mango.Nest.Kite15
  24. has a name or year
  25. weak
  26. shorter than 12
  27. toast_tiger_gold_44
  28. 16
  29. Boat_Drum_Tent61
  30. 4
  31. 15
  32. RainKiteDust30
  33. weak
  34. weak
  35. BoatFernFrog15
  36. 3
  37. BellCloudLake28
  38. 3
  39. 14
  40. strong

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