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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 401 · 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) drum_tiger_nest_49 (b) Dust_Sand_2008
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  3. 3.🔐 “plumneemriver14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat-mango-cloud-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Cloud35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-River-Lake22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Welcome!Vine38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Gold50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Diya#Plum#34” 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
  10. 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  11. 11.🔐 “Meera-Neem-19” 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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Bell.67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frogwheelcloud62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Rain52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Leaf@Kite@Ship64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldChaiShip58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “Tent!23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Password!Bell11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “mango-neem-nest-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelchaileafdust (b) Rain@Neem@Wheel86
  23. 23.🔐 “Hill-Frog-2011” 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
  24. 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandShellCloud20 (b) Lamp#Leaf#2009
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-seed-leaf-17 (b) Tiger#53
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Bell66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “cloudnestlaketiger” 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
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Admin#Dust86” 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
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Vine#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 “Wheel.25” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “Aarav@Seed@35” 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
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Bell22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogcloudlake77 (b) NestWolfMango61

Answer key

  1. drum_tiger_nest_49
  2. 12
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 3
  5. 15
  6. 4
  7. weak
  8. 13
  9. has a name or year
  10. others can guess it
  11. has a name or year
  12. 13
  13. 3
  14. 16
  15. 12
  16. strong
  17. 3
  18. shorter than 12
  19. weak
  20. 18
  21. risky
  22. Rain@Neem@Wheel86
  23. has a name or year
  24. in your head
  25. SandShellCloud20
  26. 4
  27. tent-seed-leaf-17
  28. 4
  29. weak
  30. 8
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 7
  33. has a common word
  34. 12
  35. shorter than 12
  36. has a name or year
  37. 14
  38. 7
  39. 9
  40. NestWolfMango61

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