Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 337 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
2. 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
3. 3.🔐 “Meera.Kite.38” 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
4. 4.🔐 “tigerlampmoon30” 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
5. 5.🔐 Is “plumvineriver24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Tiger!Frog12 (b) Ananya!River!61
7. 7.🔐 Is “Nisha2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Ship50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “lampwolfneemleaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
11. 11.🔐 Is “welcome46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
12. 12.🔐 Is “toast#sand#plum#26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
13. 13.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Mango80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “boat-fern-mango-77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@gold@wolf@39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
16. 16.🔐 Is “sand_tiger_river_69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerchairivercorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake_Kite_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.74 (b) PondPearlLeaf20
20. 20.🔐 “boatriverlake20” 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
21. 21.🔐 “Vihaan.Lamp.12” 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
22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “dustmoondrumneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
24. 24.🔐 Is “BellRainGold15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
25. 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
27. 27.🔐 “lamplotusship47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Gold@Drum64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
29. 29.🔐 Is “welcome20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Kite!2018 (b) SandWheelWolf14
31. 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
32. 32.🔐 “Ananya@Pond@30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
33. 33.🔐 “boatsandbell57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold@mango@chai@78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Plum#21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
36. 36.🔐 “Kite#Mango#2010” 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
37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@vine@dust@38 (b) hillchaicloudship
39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Wolf!Tent36 (b) iloveyou19
40. 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe

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