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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 415 · 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.🔐 “Arjun#River#87” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Frog-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 Is “admin66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  5. 5.🔐 Is “HillLakeLeaf12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoSeedLamp14 (b) Shell-20
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Lake#Tiger#Wheel21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Boat!Brick!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 “nestlakelamp79” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Drum-Lotus-Neem53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Plum64 (b) cloud@vine@shell@66
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Pearl@Wolf48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “PondBoatTiger85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 “Dust_Lotus_2014” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Vine80 (b) Mango-Wolf-Ship86
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Brick85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “RainFernPlum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Wheel@Moon24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoboatferntiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellSandToast18 (b) Wheel@Brick@2014
  21. 21.🔐 “Admin#Bell59” 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
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Moon49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Neem-73” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Is “MoonSandDust63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#plum#leaf#56 (b) Kabir#Lake#88
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Pearl.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Welcome!Rain31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Pond_87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Is “shellgoldkite41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 “Wheel!62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Ship17 (b) chai@nest@toast@67
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Lamp11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Moon59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Mango81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPearlDust44 (b) Iloveyou_Lotus48
  38. 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#River46 (b) Pearl-Kite-Sand79

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. weak
  3. weak
  4. risky
  5. strong
  6. MangoSeedLamp14
  7. strong
  8. weak
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. strong
  11. cloud@vine@shell@66
  12. 18
  13. strong
  14. has a name or year
  15. Mango-Wolf-Ship86
  16. 16
  17. strong
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. ShellSandToast18
  21. has a common word
  22. 15
  23. shorter than 12
  24. strong
  25. gold#plum#leaf#56
  26. 14
  27. weak
  28. 4
  29. weak
  30. shorter than 12
  31. 2
  32. chai@nest@toast@67
  33. 13
  34. 12
  35. 15
  36. 12
  37. NeemPearlDust44
  38. others can guess it
  39. 2
  40. Pearl-Kite-Sand79

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