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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 472 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Lake11 (b) Fern.Nest.River71
  2. 2.🔐 “shellbellship12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  3. 3.🔐 “Tent#Corn#2011” 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
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Plum-Chai45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “moon_drum_hill_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernneemmango25 (b) Seed_Moon_Cloud26
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Lotus_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 “Plum-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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Moon49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “vinesandhill53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Pearl-40 (b) Kite!Fern!Pond57
  14. 14.🔐 “Meera#Rain#72” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
  17. 17.🔐 “Diya@Gold@27” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Is “LampBrickMoon55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-plum-mango-67 (b) Frog.Vine.2010
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Plum-10 (b) frog!lake!cloud!43
  22. 22.🔐 “Ishaan-Moon-40” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “mangohillpearlkite” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Moon-Rain16 (b) Saanvi-Nest-17
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Boat-45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#frog#tent#63 (b) rivercloudtoastwheel
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudneemnesttent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Wolf@Tent@River15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Is “wolfcornrain42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Is “tigerlotusfern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome48 (b) rain!toast!leaf!89
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Chai@River@Pearl37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Tiger#Vine46 (b) Qwerty_Sand22
  38. 38.🔐 “Welcome@Vine32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.53 (b) Mango_Fern_Tiger58
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlleaflotus74 (b) frog.toast.nest.75

Answer key

  1. Fern.Nest.River71
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. has a name or year
  4. 4
  5. strong
  6. others can guess it
  7. Seed_Moon_Cloud26
  8. 4
  9. weak
  10. shorter than 12
  11. 14
  12. 14
  13. Kite!Fern!Pond57
  14. has a name or year
  15. 9
  16. 12
  17. has a name or year
  18. 9
  19. strong
  20. dust-plum-mango-67
  21. frog!lake!cloud!43
  22. has a name or year
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 4
  25. Boat-Moon-Rain16
  26. 12
  27. risky
  28. mango#frog#tent#63
  29. 1
  30. emojis
  31. strong
  32. weak
  33. weak
  34. 2
  35. rain!toast!leaf!89
  36. strong
  37. Hill#Tiger#Vine46
  38. has a common word
  39. Mango_Fern_Tiger58
  40. frog.toast.nest.75

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