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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 519 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty85 (b) Pond_Tiger_Moon23
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentlotuschaihill (b) leaf#cloud#mango#43
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!River!Vine70 (b) Qwerty!Seed68
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Chai88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Lake!Neem!2011” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast#plum#hill#37 (b) Ishaan2016
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustBellWolf48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome13 (b) Drum_Neem_Mango48
  11. 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2009 (b) lamp#vine#nest#38
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Fern@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “rainleafnestlamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “seed.vine.tent.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-River-Tiger17 (b) admin71
  17. 17.🔐 “rivertoastlotus64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Lotus#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Rain.2008 (b) Wolf!Leaf!Kite86
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Lotus!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Rain.Lotus13 (b) Rohan.Sand.67
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain#Plum#Pond67 (b) Meera@Brick@68
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Tara2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Kite-Toast27 (b) Lake-Chai-2014
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Mango@Lake44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Fern_Pearl25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
  28. 28.🔐 Is “tiger_wheel_mango_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) mango.brick.cloud.41
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) SandPondToast13
  32. 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “River_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “shellseedpond37” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@nest@pond@85 (b) boatplummango54
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumGoldMoon41 (b) Vihaan2010
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLeafDust12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type

Answer key

  1. Pond_Tiger_Moon23
  2. leaf#cloud#mango#43
  3. Drum!River!Vine70
  4. 4
  5. 8
  6. has a name or year
  7. toast#plum#hill#37
  8. 3
  9. 12
  10. Drum_Neem_Mango48
  11. emojis
  12. lamp#vine#nest#38
  13. 4
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 17
  16. Nest-River-Tiger17
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 4
  19. Wolf!Leaf!Kite86
  20. 4
  21. Wolf.Rain.Lotus13
  22. Rain#Plum#Pond67
  23. weak
  24. Lotus-Kite-Toast27
  25. 17
  26. 18
  27. in your head
  28. strong
  29. 8
  30. mango.brick.cloud.41
  31. SandPondToast13
  32. 3
  33. 2
  34. weak
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. moon@nest@pond@85
  37. DrumGoldMoon41
  38. 9
  39. 3
  40. others can guess it

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