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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 443 · 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.🔐 “Lotus.Plum.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine!29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “Aarav_Ship_29” 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Nest#Pond#2010” 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
  7. 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  8. 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  9. 9.🔐 “leafvinepearlplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_Shell_Drum30 (b) admin88
  11. 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Wolf18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “toastchailotuspearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoVineChai49 (b) sandshipleaf24
  15. 15.🔐 Is “sandrainshipwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLampTiger43 (b) Vine-20
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Fern!Lotus37 (b) Dust-36
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “SandMangoGold75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilllakelotus53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest#ship#sand#21 (b) Shell.Bell.2013
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedWolfRain70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Mango89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “pondboatdrum30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango-Ship-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan-Mango-44 (b) cloud-shell-dust-13
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Lake#Drum#Dust26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “Rain-Tent-2008” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “lampfrogferncloud” 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
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
  30. 30.🔐 Is “wheel-vine-shell-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “kite_lamp_leaf_59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_81 (b) hill#chai#pond#28
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@drum@neem@17 (b) Kabir-Chai-79
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelbellleafvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-dust-river-63 (b) pondlakelampchai
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Vine27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Frog!37 (b) Leaf.Cloud.Vine28
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.seed.rain.57 (b) Ishaan2008
  40. 40.🔐 “Iloveyou.Cloud17” 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

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 7
  3. 12
  4. 4
  5. has a name or year
  6. has a name or year
  7. others can guess it
  8. risky
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. Lamp_Shell_Drum30
  11. in your head
  12. 4
  13. weak
  14. MangoVineChai49
  15. weak
  16. FernLampTiger43
  17. Mango!Fern!Lotus37
  18. 15
  19. 2
  20. nest#ship#sand#21
  21. 14
  22. 4
  23. weak
  24. 4
  25. cloud-shell-dust-13
  26. strong
  27. has a name or year
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. emojis
  30. strong
  31. 17
  32. hill#chai#pond#28
  33. rain@drum@neem@17
  34. 1
  35. moon-dust-river-63
  36. 4
  37. 2
  38. Leaf.Cloud.Vine28
  39. tiger.seed.rain.57
  40. has a common word

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