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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 404 · 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 “BrickLampToast80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🎂 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusriversandbrick (b) HillMoonNeem86
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudLampRain71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain.bell.wheel.67 (b) frogplumbrick23
  6. 6.🔐 Is “LotusNestSeed19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuspearltentbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Hill#Brick#Drum35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 Is “letmein60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “TentPondMoon81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Frog.72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatSandTiger80 (b) Brick.19
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Toast#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!Sand!Pond43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Boat_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) wheel.mango.rain.15
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Tara_Lake_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Is “neemlampcloud88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_River_Boat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “plummangohill45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Leaf-Chai40 (b) Aarav2014
  28. 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
  29. 29.🔐 “Admin!Moon57” 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
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudbelldrumgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornPondDust14 (b) Password@Neem84
  32. 32.🔐 Is “RiverDustPearl67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.bell.neem.41 (b) Rain#Mango#2011
  34. 34.🔐 “cloudboatlotus31” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#neem#pond#15 (b) pearlsandleafkite
  37. 37.🔐 Is “password41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Lake@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Vine26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 “cornnestmoon77” 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. 16
  2. others can guess it
  3. HillMoonNeem86
  4. 3
  5. rain.bell.wheel.67
  6. strong
  7. 18
  8. strong
  9. weak
  10. 14
  11. shorter than 12
  12. BoatSandTiger80
  13. 14
  14. 2
  15. 4
  16. 4
  17. weak
  18. 7
  19. wheel.mango.rain.15
  20. weak
  21. weak
  22. 18
  23. 12
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 15
  27. Gold-Leaf-Chai40
  28. risky
  29. has a common word
  30. 17
  31. CornPondDust14
  32. strong
  33. fern.bell.neem.41
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 8
  36. lamp#neem#pond#15
  37. weak
  38. weak
  39. weak
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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