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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 400 · 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 “hillcorncloud44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Boat49 (b) Brick-Tent-Sand47
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Pond@Drum@Gold35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Chai!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 “Meera@Lamp@48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  7. 7.🔐 “Admin@Vine15” 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
  8. 8.🔐 “froglotuskitelamp” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Bell!Mango30 (b) lotusrivermango86
  10. 10.🔐 “Rohan-Chai-33” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Is “drum.fern.toast.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Tent@42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatDustRiver85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “NestWheelHill50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “pondwolfpearlvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Gold22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 “Arjun@Gold@13” 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
  18. 18.🔐 “Hill#44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumCornToast71 (b) lakefernmango70
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill#river#lamp#27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerLampFrog59 (b) Sand@67
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Pearl_43 (b) hill@cloud@shell@16
  23. 23.🔐 “kiteneemlotusleaf” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Corn_Toast39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) shell_moon_plum_72
  26. 26.🔐 Is “plum#tent#drum#10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Nest43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “LeafDustBrick29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 “moondrumtoastchai” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “DustBellToast41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) river.tiger.mango.38
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-leaf-fern-27 (b) Boat-Sand-2018
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-corn-rain-40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “bellbrickboat28” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-tent-pearl-47 (b) brickchaitentfern
  40. 40.🔐 “Admin#Ship72” 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

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. Brick-Tent-Sand47
  3. strong
  4. weak
  5. has a name or year
  6. others can guess it
  7. has a common word
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. River!Bell!Mango30
  10. has a name or year
  11. strong
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. strong
  15. weak
  16. 4
  17. has a name or year
  18. shorter than 12
  19. PlumCornToast71
  20. 3
  21. TigerLampFrog59
  22. hill@cloud@shell@16
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 4
  25. shell_moon_plum_72
  26. strong
  27. 15
  28. 7
  29. strong
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. strong
  32. risky
  33. river.tiger.mango.38
  34. kite-leaf-fern-27
  35. weak
  36. 12
  37. 18
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. brick-tent-pearl-47
  40. has a common word

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