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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 49 · 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 “Hill-Plum-Sand12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 Is “drum@lotus@ship@37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 “Welcome!Vine23” 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
  4. 4.🗝️ 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitechailotustoast (b) Vine!Pond!Seed59
  6. 6.🔐 “Plum@Dust@2012” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Shell.Sand37 (b) tigerpondvine40
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellPlumDrum50 (b) Kabir2018
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Pearl.Cloud.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornfrogseed10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#Dust#Leaf69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  14. 14.🔐 “Toast@Lotus@2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  15. 15.🔐 Is “hill!frog!drum!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Pearl!River!Pond52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Sand.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!dust!tiger!81 (b) Sand#Shell#2015
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Moon@Pearl26 (b) Ananya2008
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome38 (b) sand#lake#shell#22
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Bell!Frog!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 “hillvineriverrain” 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
  26. 26.🔐 “Wheel@79” 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
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Shell69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellFrogHill53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “admin39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 “Brick@28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Kite@2016 (b) Nest_Drum_Chai71
  32. 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@pond@kite@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampMoonPlum83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Cloud!Hill!Fern87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Arjun-Moon-39” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@bell@dust@84 (b) Pearl_Gold_2015
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Hill_Lotus27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 “goldmoonseedriver” 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

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. strong
  3. has a common word
  4. in your head
  5. Vine!Pond!Seed59
  6. has a name or year
  7. Rain.Shell.Sand37
  8. ShellPlumDrum50
  9. weak
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. 12
  14. has a name or year
  15. strong
  16. others can guess it
  17. strong
  18. 2
  19. weak
  20. 4
  21. pond!dust!tiger!81
  22. River@Moon@Pearl26
  23. sand#lake#shell#22
  24. weak
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. shorter than 12
  27. 16
  28. 15
  29. weak
  30. shorter than 12
  31. Nest_Drum_Chai71
  32. emojis
  33. 17
  34. 3
  35. strong
  36. has a name or year
  37. pearl@bell@dust@84
  38. 10
  39. 4
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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