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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 520 · 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 “Password@Brick81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 “Shell@14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentbrickbell36 (b) tiger-fern-seed-24
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Dust!Boat!Ship78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 “Leaf@Kite@2012” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Wheel!Boat27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.55 (b) RainLampLake61
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafTentLake87 (b) password34
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “nest#tiger#fern#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Pearl-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!53 (b) Brick#Shell#Mango76
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Chai-Shell28 (b) letmein70
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Plum#2012 (b) Boat.Lake.Corn82
  15. 15.🔐 “Ishaan#Drum#63” 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
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  17. 17.🔐 Is “lotusneemfrogboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@tiger@rain@12 (b) neemtenthillmoon
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteboatseed24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “moonlotusrainseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold_Lake_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “tigerbelllakebrick” 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
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillFernMango27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Hill@Plum@Cloud37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfRainMango66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-kite-drum-58 (b) River#Vine#2016
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Drum.49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustPlumToast21 (b) goldwolfdrum80
  33. 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  34. 34.🔐 Is “shipdrumbrick47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Hill_Nest_Drum59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “seedshipkitebrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Corn.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Wolf_Vine89 (b) Drum@21
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Hill-Kite-Tiger87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. shorter than 12
  3. tiger-fern-seed-24
  4. strong
  5. has a name or year
  6. 18
  7. RainLampLake61
  8. LeafTentLake87
  9. 9
  10. strong
  11. 15
  12. Brick#Shell#Mango76
  13. Sand-Chai-Shell28
  14. Boat.Lake.Corn82
  15. has a name or year
  16. risky
  17. weak
  18. 3
  19. cloud@tiger@rain@12
  20. 3
  21. 14
  22. 17
  23. 4
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. strong
  28. 3
  29. 4
  30. leaf-kite-drum-58
  31. weak
  32. DustPlumToast21
  33. 12
  34. weak
  35. strong
  36. fewer than 3 kinds
  37. 4
  38. others can guess it
  39. Mango_Wolf_Vine89
  40. strong

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