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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 36 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast-Drum-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Ishaan@Pearl@17” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake.wheel.shell.57 (b) Seed-Frog-2012
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Wolf@Vine@Chai55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaftoastdust13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 “Kite#Sand#2017” 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
  7. 7.🔐 “Meera.Gold.86” 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
  8. 8.🔐 “Hill@84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PondMoonBell10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “Lamp-Hill-2012” 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
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Corn_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “lamp_moon_dust_83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “qwerty14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_River59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Lake!72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@ship@vine@73 (b) shellchaihill72
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🗝️ 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
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “toastdrumplum36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Pearl-Cloud86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou30 (b) Rain@Lake@Lotus19
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Is “rain!drum!nest!68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Is “FernBrickPearl64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Corn#Mango#Vine88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Nest32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Frog-48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Letmein_Dust31” 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
  31. 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafkiteship71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “MoonVineKite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “drumtoastgoldvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlakesandplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Drum_28” 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
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Is “FrogMoonRain62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Boat!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. has a name or year
  3. lake.wheel.shell.57
  4. strong
  5. 2
  6. has a name or year
  7. has a name or year
  8. shorter than 12
  9. 9
  10. 7
  11. 14
  12. has a name or year
  13. 4
  14. strong
  15. weak
  16. 4
  17. 14
  18. brick@ship@vine@73
  19. 2
  20. in your head
  21. 15
  22. 18
  23. Rain@Lake@Lotus19
  24. 8
  25. strong
  26. strong
  27. strong
  28. 4
  29. 13
  30. has a common word
  31. others can guess it
  32. 2
  33. strong
  34. 17
  35. 16
  36. 3
  37. shorter than 12
  38. 2
  39. strong
  40. 13

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