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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 509 · 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 “Drum-Rain-River54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Leaf_Bell41 (b) Iloveyou#Dust45
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  5. 5.🔐 “cornrainkitelotus” 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
  6. 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  7. 7.🔐 “frogtoastship49” 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
  8. 8.🔐 “dusttentbellriver” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Lake-Brick-Hill20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Is “rainseedleaf46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Shell68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  13. 13.🔐 Is “leaf@wolf@river@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Brick_Gold40 (b) Rain.Corn.2016
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-wheel-pond-31 (b) Meera.River.68
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!59 (b) corn.frog.mango.73
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Pearl-Seed-Mango18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Is “chai#tiger#frog#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Rain82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Bell42 (b) VineTigerWolf46
  21. 21.🔐 “kitewolfboatfrog” 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
  22. 22.🎂 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldsandlamplotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Pearl85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 “Pearl@64” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Mango.2013 (b) FrogChaiGold32
  27. 27.🔐 Is “seedcloudsandplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_Wheel_2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatwolftigergold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Admin_Boat60” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “sandtoastshell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin85 (b) Corn_Tent_Brick86
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Vine@Shell86 (b) iloveyou56
  34. 34.🔐 Is “boat.leaf.dust.13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Wheel_Kite74 (b) toastdrumlotus70
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Seed#Nest22 (b) Dust.78
  38. 38.🔐 Is “tenttoastcloud29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “shell.gold.hill.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. risky
  3. Wolf_Leaf_Bell41
  4. 3
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. emojis
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. strong
  10. weak
  11. 4
  12. in your head
  13. strong
  14. Wolf_Brick_Gold40
  15. chai-wheel-pond-31
  16. corn.frog.mango.73
  17. strong
  18. strong
  19. 4
  20. VineTigerWolf46
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. others can guess it
  23. 1
  24. weak
  25. shorter than 12
  26. FrogChaiGold32
  27. weak
  28. 15
  29. 1
  30. has a common word
  31. weak
  32. Corn_Tent_Brick86
  33. Pearl@Vine@Shell86
  34. strong
  35. Brick_Wheel_Kite74
  36. 4
  37. Neem#Seed#Nest22
  38. weak
  39. 12
  40. 18

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