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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 355 · 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.🔐 Is “Sand!19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 Is “rainlamphillmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Gold-Wheel34 (b) welcome40
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Tiger.River50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship!Shell!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 “Chai_63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty49 (b) Wolf.Lake.River33
  8. 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineFrogSand36 (b) letmein22
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafShell77 (b) Nisha.Moon.82
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafNeemDust50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.River.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 “Rohan#Tent#50” 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
  14. 14.🔐 Is “CloudLeafPond24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfTentWheel56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlampdrumtent (b) Pond_Mango_Rain30
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat-nest-corn-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Welcome_Neem51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@Tiger@2013 (b) NeemKiteDrum28
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Drum-Moon16 (b) Wheel!55
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Wolf69 (b) River-Shell-Mango27
  23. 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  24. 24.🔐 Is “SandHillShip77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “LampKiteSeed20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@Sand@Pearl48 (b) admin67
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Nest_70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud@sand@river@20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfrogmoon43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Vine16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Is “leaf-moon-rain-59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 “Iloveyou.Drum79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome30 (b) gold#rain#vine#58
  35. 35.🔐 “pearlboattiger43” 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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan@Plum@63 (b) PondLotusCorn75
  38. 38.🔐 Is “wheel.lake.gold.38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@rain@neem@44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. weak
  3. Sand-Gold-Wheel34
  4. 18
  5. 4
  6. shorter than 12
  7. Wolf.Lake.River33
  8. in your head
  9. VineFrogSand36
  10. NeemLeafShell77
  11. 14
  12. 15
  13. has a name or year
  14. strong
  15. 15
  16. Pond_Mango_Rain30
  17. 7
  18. 3
  19. has a common word
  20. NeemKiteDrum28
  21. Corn-Drum-Moon16
  22. River-Shell-Mango27
  23. emojis
  24. strong
  25. strong
  26. Shell@Sand@Pearl48
  27. 13
  28. 19
  29. 2
  30. 9
  31. 4
  32. strong
  33. has a common word
  34. gold#rain#vine#58
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 3
  37. PondLotusCorn75
  38. strong
  39. others can guess it
  40. 3

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