Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 514 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
3. 3.🔐 “wheelnestkitemango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Vine_Neem38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Lotus-Chai24 (b) Arjun.Cloud.89
7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
8. 8.🔐 “Letmein.Lake85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
9. 9.🔐 Is “Drum_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
10. 10.🔐 Is “Admin-Frog19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
11. 11.🔐 Is “Tiger-Plum-Sand21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
13. 13.🔐 “cornplumfernkite” 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
14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick#Frog#2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
15. 15.🔐 Is “rainfernplumfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “River!Boat!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
17. 17.🔐 Is “Meera2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
18. 18.🔐 “Brick_41” 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
19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
20. 20.🔐 “Arjun#Bell#35” 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
21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Ship!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Moon-Ship20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandFrogPlum38 (b) Ananya2014
24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Dust.Corn30 (b) Password-Toast85
25. 25.🔐 “Fern.Pond.2015” 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
26. 26.🔐 “Neem.84” 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
27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlampcornwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
29. 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattoastneem14 (b) bell@brick@wheel@35
31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemcloudcornleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Lake@Lamp78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-brick-tiger-24 (b) Vihaan2016
34. 34.🔐 Is “Admin_Neem52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill#Mango#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Dust!51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
38. 38.🔐 Is “leafseedtentdust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Shell42 (b) Hill@Tiger@Boat27
40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Vine48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

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