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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 463 · 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.🔐 “Brick_Lake_2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Wheel_48 (b) vine.ship.frog.57
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfcloudtoast33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Sand@2015 (b) dust!boat!cloud!61
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Lake58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Lotus!Nest!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 “bellsandbrick53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔐 Is “letmein39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandhillleafnest (b) DustMangoSeed65
  11. 11.🔐 Is “dustgoldkite73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainplumlamplotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattigershipbell (b) shell_lotus_frog_43
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Boat_2010 (b) SeedToastNest18
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Is “brick-gold-shell-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🎂 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
  18. 18.🔐 Is “password33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Shell#74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 “Aarav!Seed!48” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.boat.rain.44 (b) toastfernbell89
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Corn!Seed74 (b) frogferntoastmoon
  24. 24.🔐 Is “pondtigerlotuskite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  26. 26.🔐 Is “letmein31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “seed-drum-moon-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
  29. 29.🔐 Is “qwerty39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustvinefrogbrick (b) Cloud_River_Lake27
  31. 31.🔐 Is “rainlakemoon13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.lamp.lotus.83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “password87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “Neem#36” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Ishaan_Fern_89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfrogshipplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “drumrainlamp54” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “River#26” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav!Seed!59 (b) Tiger#Wheel#Drum32

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 2
  3. vine.ship.frog.57
  4. 2
  5. dust!boat!cloud!61
  6. 12
  7. weak
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. weak
  10. DustMangoSeed65
  11. weak
  12. 1
  13. shell_lotus_frog_43
  14. SeedToastNest18
  15. 7
  16. strong
  17. others can guess it
  18. weak
  19. 9
  20. 4
  21. has a name or year
  22. sand.boat.rain.44
  23. Hill!Corn!Seed74
  24. weak
  25. 12
  26. weak
  27. 17
  28. 3
  29. weak
  30. Cloud_River_Lake27
  31. weak
  32. 9
  33. 18
  34. weak
  35. shorter than 12
  36. weak
  37. 1
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. shorter than 12
  40. Tiger#Wheel#Drum32

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