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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 316 · 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.🔐 “Fern-Pond-2015” 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.🔐 Is “nestsandlamp28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Drum56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Leaf_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.chai.nest.56 (b) Vihaan2008
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Kabir@Tiger@88” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “Iloveyou-Brick43” 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “lampfrogpearltoast” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Boat!Lotus!Tiger21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.River.2010 (b) lamp!lotus!river!86
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Letmein#Tent26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Cloud_Ship_Wolf11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus#pearl#bell#21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Ship!Kite!Shell60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Tiger_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tenttoastpearl49 (b) Lotus_Wolf_Neem70
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Mango-River19 (b) password56
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent-nest-plum-56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Vine_Lamp_Neem30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!river!fern!44 (b) password29
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake_kite_chai_43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipNeemShell41 (b) Kabir!Lamp!30
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Fern#Chai36 (b) qwerty38
  32. 32.🔐 Is “shellpondgoldfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship!boat!sand!73 (b) letmein22
  35. 35.🔐 Is “VineWolfLamp77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustCloudPond32 (b) password85
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Rain.Lotus17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “Letmein.Wheel36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Chai_Pond63 (b) Admin@Seed42
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Moon#Rain35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. weak
  3. 15
  4. 12
  5. 15
  6. drum.chai.nest.56
  7. 4
  8. 10
  9. has a name or year
  10. has a common word
  11. 7
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. strong
  14. others can guess it
  15. lamp!lotus!river!86
  16. weak
  17. strong
  18. 9
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. strong
  22. 14
  23. Lotus_Wolf_Neem70
  24. Wheel-Mango-River19
  25. 3
  26. in your head
  27. strong
  28. ship!river!fern!44
  29. 3
  30. ShipNeemShell41
  31. Moon#Fern#Chai36
  32. weak
  33. risky
  34. ship!boat!sand!73
  35. strong
  36. DustCloudPond32
  37. 18
  38. has a common word
  39. Kite_Chai_Pond63
  40. 17

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