Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 471 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔐 Is “Boat.Fern.Vine71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Kite@Vine22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfkiteseed12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Moon-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
5. 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
6. 6.🔐 Is “brickleafdrum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp@boat@wheel@69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
9. 9.🔐 “Ananya-Cloud-47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
10. 10.🔐 “Pearl.Fern.2018” 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
11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Bell_2011 (b) LotusSeedVine32
12. 12.🔐 Is “password50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
13. 13.🔐 “Bell_19” 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
14. 14.🔐 “mangoseedpondtent” 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
15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
17. 17.🔐 “pondvinetentfern” 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.🔐 Is “Diya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog!Rain!Fern18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
20. 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
21. 21.🔐 “Kite#13” 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
22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.26 (b) lamp_sand_dust_37
23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldpearlpond69 (b) BellVineTiger62
24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai@plum@vine@16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
25. 25.🎂 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
26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun-Vine-17 (b) GoldCornBrick39
27. 27.🔐 “Lotus#Gold#2009” 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
28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Frog-64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Mango#2013 (b) Cloud_Gold_Shell38
30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Neem80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
31. 31.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
32. 32.🔐 “Diya-Mango-20” 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
33. 33.🔐 “Cloud.Bell.2016” 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
34. 34.🔐 Is “tigerwheelleafneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
36. 36.🔐 Is “Diya.Mango.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampTentCloud27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
38. 38.🔐 “vinewheeltoast64” 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
39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.lotus.chai.52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
40. 40.🔐 Is “letmein14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

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