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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 557 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusbelllake50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Plum!Boat37 (b) kitelotuscloud31
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  4. 4.🔐 “Wolf@Tiger@2014” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!15 (b) RainKiteTiger25
  6. 6.🔐 “Brick!81” 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
  7. 7.🔐 “wheelbricktoastsand” 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
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Plum@Lotus63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelFrogChai31 (b) Kabir2010
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun_Nest_80 (b) pond#vine#neem#27
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lake60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestshipfroglamp (b) kite@wheel@boat@40
  13. 13.🔐 “hilltigerkitefern” 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
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-seed-cloud-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastshellfernship (b) pond_wheel_hill_29
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Letmein!Toast63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 “Gold@Boat@2012” 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
  18. 18.🔐 Is “ShipTigerLeaf84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn!Bell!Moon60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “goldcornrain31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@47 (b) plum.boat.mango.49
  22. 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) ChaiNestPond23
  24. 24.🔐 “Ishaan-Fern-89” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Password-Lotus14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 “kiteseedhill44” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Frog#Lake54 (b) Ishaan-Sand-30
  28. 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  29. 29.🔐 “Password!Lotus69” 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
  30. 30.🔐 “wheelwolfsandfrog” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#tent#sand#37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Drum.Lake10 (b) Pond.Lamp.2014
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Gold!2012 (b) MangoPlumTent18
  34. 34.🔐 “Diya!Tent!40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 35.🔐 “Shell-42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernlampfrogsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Aarav@Hill@25” 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
  38. 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@kite@ship@88 (b) kiteriverneemsand
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@lake@frog@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. Kite!Plum!Boat37
  3. 12
  4. has a name or year
  5. RainKiteTiger25
  6. shorter than 12
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 17
  9. WheelFrogChai31
  10. pond#vine#neem#27
  11. weak
  12. kite@wheel@boat@40
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 18
  15. pond_wheel_hill_29
  16. weak
  17. has a name or year
  18. strong
  19. 16
  20. 14
  21. plum.boat.mango.49
  22. emojis
  23. ChaiNestPond23
  24. has a name or year
  25. weak
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. Hill#Frog#Lake54
  28. in your head
  29. has a common word
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 18
  32. Tent.Drum.Lake10
  33. MangoPlumTent18
  34. has a name or year
  35. shorter than 12
  36. 1
  37. has a name or year
  38. others can guess it
  39. brick@kite@ship@88
  40. 3

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