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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 486 · 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.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  2. 2.🔐 “tentboatdustlamp” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara#Neem#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “rainmangotentplum” 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
  5. 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Plum@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Bell-Lake25 (b) Vine_37
  8. 8.🔐 “Seed_19” 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
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Drum68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell_pearl_hill_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password43 (b) Tiger!Leaf!Rain10
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya@Lamp@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Sand46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Lake-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell-drum-plum-41 (b) password25
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Chai@Fern@Hill33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Drum_Moon66 (b) Rohan2016
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Gold#Boat40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-Lotus-Dust47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Boat29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Toast_Tiger_2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “Wolf-75” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@tent@plum@43 (b) Pond.50
  27. 27.🔐 “Nisha-Chai-84” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “Wheel-78” 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
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Pond.2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “tigerfrogshell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Is “neemshellplumbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem@river@rain@49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “Tiger.17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  34. 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  35. 35.🔐 “Meera-Shell-57” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “Kabir-Tiger-57” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “ferntoastpearl20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frogkitewolfshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Pond29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rain!hill!plum!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. in your head
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 4
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 12
  6. 14
  7. Cloud-Bell-Lake25
  8. shorter than 12
  9. 12
  10. 7
  11. 10
  12. 3
  13. Tiger!Leaf!Rain10
  14. 4
  15. 4
  16. 14
  17. shell-drum-plum-41
  18. strong
  19. Brick_Drum_Moon66
  20. 16
  21. 4
  22. 12
  23. weak
  24. 4
  25. shorter than 12
  26. corn@tent@plum@43
  27. has a name or year
  28. shorter than 12
  29. 15
  30. weak
  31. weak
  32. 3
  33. shorter than 12
  34. 3
  35. has a name or year
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. 17
  39. 4
  40. 17

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