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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 340 · 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) Hill!Kite!Wolf78 (b) iloveyou23
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  3. 3.🔐 “Pond!Mango!2017” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandTentMoon84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “lampvinegoldfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoHillPond75 (b) Mango!80
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusDustGold25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoTigerToast40 (b) Mango@44
  9. 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain@hill@wolf@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Pearl-52 (b) BrickHillWheel57
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell#dust#hill#85 (b) Ananya2018
  13. 13.🔐 “Nest.Rain.2015” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Hill!2018 (b) Ship-Wheel-Shell81
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastLampRiver37 (b) lamptentbrickmango
  16. 16.🔐 Is “boatlampbrick89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 “Tiger-13” 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
  18. 18.🔐 “lamprivervine57” 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
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelLampSeed12 (b) dusttoastpearl12
  20. 20.🔐 “seedtoastlake53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  21. 21.🔐 Is “admin84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Lamp-2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Nisha_Rain_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 Is “PondNeemRain43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum_pond_moon_33 (b) Kabir_Corn_66
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Aarav2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatmoonlotuswheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun.Sand.70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “seedrivercornlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “boatpondmoon27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondcloudlotuschai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelkiteclouddrum (b) bell_hill_ship_11
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  36. 36.🔐 “Admin_Moon26” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “Dust#34” 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
  38. 38.🔐 “Diya.River.34” 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
  39. 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  40. 40.🔐 “moontigerfern21” 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

Answer key

  1. Hill!Kite!Wolf78
  2. others can guess it
  3. has a name or year
  4. 3
  5. 16
  6. MangoHillPond75
  7. 15
  8. MangoTigerToast40
  9. 12
  10. 3
  11. BrickHillWheel57
  12. shell#dust#hill#85
  13. has a name or year
  14. Ship-Wheel-Shell81
  15. ToastLampRiver37
  16. weak
  17. shorter than 12
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. WheelLampSeed12
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. weak
  22. 4
  23. weak
  24. strong
  25. plum_pond_moon_33
  26. weak
  27. 1
  28. 4
  29. 17
  30. 14
  31. 1
  32. risky
  33. bell_hill_ship_11
  34. 9
  35. 3
  36. has a common word
  37. shorter than 12
  38. has a name or year
  39. emojis
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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