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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 464 · 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.🔐 “Vihaan!Mango!42” 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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipFernLamp71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moontigerpearlneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “cloudkitewheelrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Shell.Drum87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Neem_Dust_2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “password49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_Wheel_Lotus35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Frog68 (b) KiteTigerDust79
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “VineToastFrog25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Tiger-31” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Tent-71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Seed-Chai-Dust26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “seedbricktiger64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Rain.31” 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
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Lotus@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelfrogboatriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 “Drum-Ship-2013” 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
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “tentpearlcloudshell” 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
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.Frog.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteseedtiger31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Nisha#Pond#86” 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
  31. 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2014 (b) Plum.Sand.Tent18
  33. 33.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Mango.Bell.Gold21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentBoatPearl39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Password!Frog36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  38. 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  39. 39.🔐 Is “nestplumship53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.Cloud.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. weak
  5. 10
  6. 4
  7. weak
  8. 10
  9. 3
  10. 19
  11. KiteTigerDust79
  12. 3
  13. 12
  14. 15
  15. shorter than 12
  16. 14
  17. emojis
  18. strong
  19. 16
  20. shorter than 12
  21. 4
  22. 1
  23. 9
  24. has a name or year
  25. 9
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. 4
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. has a name or year
  31. others can guess it
  32. Plum.Sand.Tent18
  33. in your head
  34. strong
  35. 2
  36. 3
  37. has a common word
  38. risky
  39. weak
  40. 15

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