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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 480 · 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-Mango-2014” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “Pearl_51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  3. 3.🔐 “Mango#35” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome52 (b) Seed-Sand-Pond15
  5. 5.🔐 Is “PondLakeKite75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Brick!Gold24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl_wolf_plum_33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Boat53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Lamp@Pond@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigercornneem36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatpondkitechai (b) Rain!Sand!Drum45
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Drum_2008 (b) CloudBellPlum51
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustchaiseed50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🔐 Is “fernneemlotus44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “corn-shell-neem-84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2018 (b) Dust#Boat#Kite32
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha#Plum#25 (b) Frog.Leaf.Wheel14
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Arjun!Wheel!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Lake_74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Gold@Lamp@2015” 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.🔐 “drumkiterain66” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust!wolf!sand!25 (b) pearlbrickleaf18
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfTentBell28 (b) Saanvi!Cloud!53
  28. 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Vihaan@Dust@62” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Fern#Shell82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastDrumMango80 (b) sandpearlbricklake
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestcornleaf77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinebellcorn60 (b) TigerBoatMango17
  35. 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiPondNeem81 (b) shelltentneemcorn
  37. 37.🔐 “golddustvine61” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Chai48 (b) pond!tent!pearl!76
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VinePlumNest43 (b) letmein66
  40. 40.🗝️ 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

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. shorter than 12
  3. shorter than 12
  4. Seed-Sand-Pond15
  5. strong
  6. 4
  7. 3
  8. weak
  9. 8
  10. weak
  11. others can guess it
  12. 2
  13. Rain!Sand!Drum45
  14. CloudBellPlum51
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. emojis
  18. weak
  19. 18
  20. Dust#Boat#Kite32
  21. Frog.Leaf.Wheel14
  22. weak
  23. 4
  24. has a name or year
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. dust!wolf!sand!25
  27. WolfTentBell28
  28. 12
  29. 3
  30. has a name or year
  31. 17
  32. ToastDrumMango80
  33. 2
  34. TigerBoatMango17
  35. 3
  36. ChaiPondNeem81
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. pond!tent!pearl!76
  39. VinePlumNest43
  40. in your head

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