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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 523 · 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) Wheel-57 (b) ShellToastNeem36
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Chai52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “shellcornlotus76” 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
  5. 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  6. 6.🔐 “Kite!63” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemLakePond83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Tent-58 (b) LakeFernLamp39
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Dust.73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Bell!22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Leaf.11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Wolf_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_cloud_gold_35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “Password!Shell11” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernwolfsand80 (b) Corn_Boat_Lotus65
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Sand@Mango67 (b) ferntentfrogplum
  17. 17.🔐 “wolfshipplum44” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “toastshellpondbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Sand#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Shell.Pearl.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “letmein87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!lotus!hill!77 (b) letmein38
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.11 (b) Tiger!Gold!Wheel67
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Seed#89 (b) tiger!lamp!neem!33
  28. 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  29. 29.🔐 “Aarav#Corn#89” 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
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “lake@vine@brick@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “Fern.27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.shell.hill.82 (b) Kabir2018
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha#Tiger#30 (b) cloud.pond.pearl.64
  34. 34.🔐 “drumcorncloudriver” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_sand_plum_11 (b) Welcome.Drum55
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome42 (b) Vine.Shell.Seed33
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “ship.toast.corn.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelshellriversand (b) Pond-Mango-Chai40

Answer key

  1. ShellToastNeem36
  2. 8
  3. 4
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. others can guess it
  6. shorter than 12
  7. 3
  8. LakeFernLamp39
  9. 4
  10. 4
  11. 4
  12. 4
  13. 19
  14. has a common word
  15. Corn_Boat_Lotus65
  16. Corn@Sand@Mango67
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 19
  19. weak
  20. weak
  21. 8
  22. weak
  23. 9
  24. 3
  25. river!lotus!hill!77
  26. Tiger!Gold!Wheel67
  27. tiger!lamp!neem!33
  28. risky
  29. has a name or year
  30. 18
  31. shorter than 12
  32. plum.shell.hill.82
  33. cloud.pond.pearl.64
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. bell_sand_plum_11
  36. Vine.Shell.Seed33
  37. 18
  38. 12
  39. 8
  40. Pond-Mango-Chai40

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