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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 33 · 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) kiterainpearl60 (b) Drum!Dust!Sand85
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 “Brick_42” 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
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
  5. 5.🔐 Is “PlumDustPearl78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty66 (b) River@Vine@Mango25
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudBrickSeed82 (b) Aarav.Leaf.86
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Bell@34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell!Tiger!Mango34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Wolf.79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Leaf_Moon_2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 “tigerfernchai28” 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
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond@Pearl@Rain10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “drum_lamp_ship_78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat_61 (b) Nest@Lamp@Plum25
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Lake.Toast68 (b) Toast@73
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern!cloud!wheel!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#32 (b) wheel#brick#hill#38
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2016 (b) Hill@Brick@Tiger13
  22. 22.🔐 “Qwerty.Nest84” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “sandneemfrogbell” 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
  24. 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera@Drum@72 (b) wolf.boat.gold.88
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel#shell#vine#56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Password-Chai88” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “Toast@Bell@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Moon87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Frog.66” 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
  31. 31.🔐 “Admin.Frog56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  32. 32.🔐 “Iloveyou#Tent32” 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
  33. 33.🔐 “kitepearlshellfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  34. 34.🔐 “Moon.88” 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
  35. 35.🔐 “lakechaicorn17” 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
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Cloud#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Gold!Fern!2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand_neem_seed_13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_frog_boat_23 (b) shellcornfernsand
  40. 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits

Answer key

  1. Drum!Dust!Sand85
  2. 3
  3. shorter than 12
  4. 3
  5. strong
  6. River@Vine@Mango25
  7. in your head
  8. CloudBrickSeed82
  9. weak
  10. 12
  11. 4
  12. 4
  13. weak
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 4
  16. 17
  17. Nest@Lamp@Plum25
  18. Nest.Lake.Toast68
  19. 3
  20. wheel#brick#hill#38
  21. Hill@Brick@Tiger13
  22. has a common word
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. risky
  25. wolf.boat.gold.88
  26. 3
  27. has a common word
  28. has a name or year
  29. 14
  30. shorter than 12
  31. has a common word
  32. has a common word
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. shorter than 12
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 4
  37. weak
  38. 3
  39. toast_frog_boat_23
  40. emojis

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