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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 309 · 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) Letmein#Mango21 (b) Tent@Sand@Drum45
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Plum_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “drumrivernestchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “Fern-46” 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
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) CornLampWolf44
  7. 7.🔐 “sandmangopearlhill” 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
  8. 8.🔐 “Iloveyou@Moon68” 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
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  10. 10.🔐 “Hill!Chai!2013” 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
  11. 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Hill-83 (b) Wheel-Fern-River58
  13. 13.🔐 Is “SandShipNeem33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_52 (b) lake!pearl!bell!25
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoDrumMoon87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Is “NeemTigerCloud11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Bell@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 “wheelshipkite22” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Moon#89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Is “HillBrickSeed23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 Is “LakeCloudRiver17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 “lamptenttigerboat” 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
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Nest!Mango59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Kite#Boat56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Moon-Neem-Drum15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Is “nest!wolf!lamp!14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampSandBrick77 (b) chaitentpearlship
  31. 31.🔐 “Password_Seed28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellMoonSeed72 (b) Corn!44
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-river-tiger-63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Meera2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Moon_Pond_Neem17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “shipfrogleafriver” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Lotus40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-brick-cloud-29 (b) shipmoontigerbrick

Answer key

  1. Tent@Sand@Drum45
  2. weak
  3. 17
  4. 4
  5. shorter than 12
  6. CornLampWolf44
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. has a common word
  9. others can guess it
  10. has a name or year
  11. 12
  12. Wheel-Fern-River58
  13. strong
  14. lake!pearl!bell!25
  15. 15
  16. strong
  17. weak
  18. 10
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. weak
  21. strong
  22. strong
  23. 8
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 4
  26. 10
  27. 4
  28. strong
  29. strong
  30. LampSandBrick77
  31. has a common word
  32. ShellMoonSeed72
  33. weak
  34. 3
  35. weak
  36. strong
  37. 3
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 15
  40. sand-brick-cloud-29

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