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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 363 · 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) Dust_Shell_2008 (b) RiverWheelVine50
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Tiger@Boat73 (b) Welcome-Plum43
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust!Fern!River51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Tara_Plum_68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 “Ship@Pearl@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) GoldTigerCorn33
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “lotus#frog#lake#72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Is “ponddrumsandmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfRiverWheel43 (b) iloveyou32
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Kabir-Pond-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 “Pond!Tiger!2015” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiptigerpond16 (b) river-mango-corn-20
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernbellmango45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Lotus!Dust!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteSeedTiger62 (b) Corn_85
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat#60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Bell.48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “Lotus.Tiger.2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  23. 23.🔐 “Iloveyou@Mango35” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Is “welcome28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  26. 26.🔐 Is “TentSandLamp56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “Vihaan#Kite#79” 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
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Rain!64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “plumcorntoast36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🗝️ 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Mango-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Nisha2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Ishaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!ship!tent!51 (b) tentpearlbelllake
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera#Brick#15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “DrumKiteBell55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “Admin!Frog49” 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
  40. 40.🔐 “sandkitevinelotus” 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

Answer key

  1. RiverWheelVine50
  2. Bell@Tiger@Boat73
  3. 4
  4. weak
  5. has a name or year
  6. GoldTigerCorn33
  7. emojis
  8. 3
  9. 7
  10. strong
  11. weak
  12. WolfRiverWheel43
  13. weak
  14. has a name or year
  15. river-mango-corn-20
  16. 2
  17. weak
  18. others can guess it
  19. KiteSeedTiger62
  20. 7
  21. 4
  22. has a name or year
  23. has a common word
  24. weak
  25. risky
  26. strong
  27. 9
  28. has a name or year
  29. 13
  30. 15
  31. in your head
  32. 4
  33. weak
  34. weak
  35. wheel!ship!tent!51
  36. 14
  37. 4
  38. strong
  39. has a common word
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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