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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 358 · 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) Lamp@Boat@Pearl45 (b) Diya!Shell!24
  2. 2.🔐 “cloudchaitiger27” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillNeemBrick51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Pearl-Bell85 (b) Vihaan2009
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentboatleaf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteRiverLotus78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldShellMango12 (b) iloveyou41
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellNeemFern88 (b) Drum@12
  10. 10.🔐 Is “DustSeedChai21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Ship#23” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “gold.vine.toast.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Cloud#2008 (b) fern_river_brick_56
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Fern52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  16. 16.🔐 “Wolf@12” 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
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  18. 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogcorncloudtent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Moon#River#2010” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.frog.river.70 (b) Ananya.Drum.48
  22. 22.🔐 “Tiger-Drum-2010” 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
  23. 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Cloud#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Tent-Wolf38 (b) Rohan_Pearl_44
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “Bell#Pearl#2011” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “cornnestsandtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belllamprivergold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “TentChaiBrick22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfbelllamp25 (b) MoonMangoShip17
  34. 34.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “pondshellfrognest” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Mango-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Dust.62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “River_Sand_Nest48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Rain_Nest78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Bell66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. Lamp@Boat@Pearl45
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3
  4. Pond-Pearl-Bell85
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. GoldShellMango12
  8. 3
  9. ShellNeemFern88
  10. strong
  11. shorter than 12
  12. strong
  13. fern_river_brick_56
  14. 4
  15. others can guess it
  16. shorter than 12
  17. emojis
  18. in your head
  19. 1
  20. has a name or year
  21. plum.frog.river.70
  22. has a name or year
  23. 3
  24. weak
  25. Chai-Tent-Wolf38
  26. 8
  27. 7
  28. has a name or year
  29. weak
  30. 1
  31. strong
  32. 7
  33. MoonMangoShip17
  34. weak
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. weak
  37. 4
  38. strong
  39. 4
  40. 15

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