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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 529 · 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 “Pond.Drum.Lotus10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2016 (b) fern.tent.brick.74
  3. 3.🔐 “Arjun-Vine-16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinecloudmoon67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 “pondplumboatlotus” 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
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  7. 7.🔐 “Kabir-Pond-49” 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
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_tent_boat_28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust_hill_tiger_66 (b) Bell.81
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.kite.lotus.57 (b) Welcome#Drum32
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine.Cloud.Sand44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastPearlFrog28 (b) vineleaftentlamp
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 “Password_Boat21” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell@39 (b) FrogLakeFern76
  16. 16.🔐 Is “qwerty58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  18. 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
  19. 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond@dust@gold@47 (b) Ananya2011
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel!lake!shell!67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Sand12 (b) SeedRiverSand31
  24. 24.🗝️ 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
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Lake.Fern.Drum84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Is “admin88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 “laketoastlotuspond” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Tiger-Hill-Lake57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Is “tigerplumdrummango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#68 (b) PlumFernChai88
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Brick.Chai18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
  33. 33.🔐 “Sand_39” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Brick-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Pearl.Boat.2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Admin#Drum61” 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 “Admin!Tent22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “seedfernshell70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Is “LeafNeemBoat65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. fern.tent.brick.74
  3. has a name or year
  4. 2
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. others can guess it
  7. has a name or year
  8. 3
  9. dust_hill_tiger_66
  10. tent.kite.lotus.57
  11. 17
  12. ToastPearlFrog28
  13. 10
  14. has a common word
  15. FrogLakeFern76
  16. weak
  17. emojis
  18. risky
  19. 3
  20. pond@dust@gold@47
  21. 8
  22. 19
  23. SeedRiverSand31
  24. in your head
  25. strong
  26. weak
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. strong
  29. weak
  30. PlumFernChai88
  31. 4
  32. 12
  33. shorter than 12
  34. 4
  35. weak
  36. has a common word
  37. 4
  38. 2
  39. 15
  40. strong

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