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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 419 · 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.🔐 “lotuspearlcloudtent” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “ChaiPondPearl33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 “rainbricktent13” 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
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@River@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Chai-Hill-Lake58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!50 (b) Seed!Shell!Pond84
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondustrainlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Is “PondCloudToast62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Drum44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Hill34 (b) MoonSandDust64
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbrickleafshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-mango-pond-63 (b) Tent_23
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellmoonlamppearl (b) MangoPondShell87
  15. 15.🔐 Is “password57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@Dust@Plum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 “shellhillwheelfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
  20. 20.🔐 Is “moon@plum@shell@82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@lamp@brick@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumdustchaikite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldvineseed79 (b) neem.brick.rain.83
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Pearl-Pond85 (b) Aarav-River-51
  27. 27.🔐 “Tiger-28” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “Rohan_Ship_72” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.75 (b) Tent-Frog-Moon37
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  32. 32.🔐 “vineboatplumriver” 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
  33. 33.🔐 “Diya.Corn.37” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Lake-82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@Boat@Plum14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.drum.neem.63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampneemmango29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Is “boatpearlwheelcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. strong
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 3
  5. 15
  6. strong
  7. Seed!Shell!Pond84
  8. 1
  9. strong
  10. 4
  11. MoonSandDust64
  12. 18
  13. frog-mango-pond-63
  14. MangoPondShell87
  15. weak
  16. in your head
  17. 16
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. risky
  20. strong
  21. 2
  22. emojis
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. neem.brick.rain.83
  26. Gold-Pearl-Pond85
  27. shorter than 12
  28. has a name or year
  29. Tent-Frog-Moon37
  30. weak
  31. others can guess it
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 4
  36. 8
  37. weak
  38. 17
  39. 2
  40. weak

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