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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 385 · 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.

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  1. 1.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainpearlfern40 (b) LotusSeedDust44
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Seed84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Is “kite_plum_tiger_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipHillNest80 (b) Iloveyou@Corn53
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain_moon_chai_56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  8. 8.🔐 “Letmein@River66” 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
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Vine-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernToastSeed11 (b) Pond-10
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuscloudsand38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “mangoleafsand26” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Lake@Tiger@Boat15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein82 (b) vine-tent-river-87
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuswheelmango88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Is “qwerty56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 “Kabir@Pearl@29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellRainFrog87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Wheel_Bell74 (b) shipwheelplumhill
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “admin38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Vine#Pearl#Nest78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “cornplumvine63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Arjun2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandMangoKite21 (b) mangonestfrograin
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Pond84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Welcome.Hill41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 “Hill.Toast.2018” 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
  31. 31.🔐 “Sand_42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “bellgoldpondkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Mango.44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 “neempearlrain41” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin81 (b) Kite.Moon.Neem67
  37. 37.🔐 “Iloveyou!Drum80” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “seedcornneem25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumshipvine40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover

Answer key

  1. LotusSeedDust44
  2. 15
  3. strong
  4. risky
  5. ShipHillNest80
  6. 3
  7. others can guess it
  8. has a common word
  9. 14
  10. FernToastSeed11
  11. 10
  12. emojis
  13. 2
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. strong
  16. vine-tent-river-87
  17. 2
  18. weak
  19. has a name or year
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. River_Wheel_Bell74
  23. 7
  24. strong
  25. 14
  26. weak
  27. SandMangoKite21
  28. 13
  29. weak
  30. has a name or year
  31. shorter than 12
  32. 7
  33. weak
  34. weak
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. Kite.Moon.Neem67
  37. has a common word
  38. 14
  39. 2
  40. in your head

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