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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 465 · 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.🔐 Is “vine-pearl-moon-25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Shell#Neem#Plum62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “wolfpondneemleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  5. 5.🔐 Is “MangoMoonNest35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornneemkitedrum (b) rain@lamp@dust@71
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Wolf_Plum33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast@Neem@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoRainKite16 (b) Kabir.Lotus.48
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan_Shell_74 (b) River!Seed!Ship57
  12. 12.🔐 “River!17” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Moon15 (b) gold@wolf@drum@15
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattentsand72 (b) WheelCornDust78
  15. 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Lotus!2016 (b) plum@boat@mango@80
  17. 17.🔐 “fernchaiseedpearl” 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
  18. 18.🔐 “lampdustpearl13” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!pearl!frog!29 (b) Password-Bell25
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafTigerFrog44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#River#58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “tigerpearlfern55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Meera2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “Kite@47” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “vinedustneemshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@Kite@Plum13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverWheelPlum21 (b) qwerty15
  31. 31.🔐 Is “admin44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Kite!Boat!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “admin79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  36. 36.🔐 “lamphillmangomoon” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-rain-river-37 (b) Ananya2015
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellnestpondhill (b) sand#frog#neem#57
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverPondToast44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. strong
  3. 3
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. strong
  6. rain@lamp@dust@71
  7. 17
  8. 15
  9. others can guess it
  10. MangoRainKite16
  11. River!Seed!Ship57
  12. shorter than 12
  13. gold@wolf@drum@15
  14. WheelCornDust78
  15. 3
  16. plum@boat@mango@80
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. lamp!pearl!frog!29
  20. 3
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. 4
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. weak
  26. 7
  27. shorter than 12
  28. 17
  29. 4
  30. RiverWheelPlum21
  31. weak
  32. weak
  33. 2
  34. 7
  35. in your head
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. frog-rain-river-37
  38. sand#frog#neem#57
  39. 9
  40. 16

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