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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 572 · 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.🔐 “plumgoldtigernest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  2. 2.🔐 “Welcome-Corn10” 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
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Boat24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Neem_Wolf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Wheel24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Rain-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tigershiptoastbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Dust-Hill79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Neem-56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  11. 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shelldustnest71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiNestPearl53 (b) Admin_Corn23
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Password-Wheel81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 “boatseedplumlotus” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nesttoastdust50 (b) ship!sand!frog!69
  17. 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) rain-pearl-river-40
  19. 19.🔐 “Rohan!Cloud!87” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!seed!gold!10 (b) Moon#38
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemWolfNest22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.ship.hill.72 (b) Welcome.River10
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust#leaf#tiger#78 (b) iloveyou34
  26. 26.🔐 Is “LampVineNest12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-35 (b) lotus!chai!cloud!62
  28. 28.🔐 “chaiboatshelllake” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “pondwheelcorn85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Kite@20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Is “SandPondBrick67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 “Drum_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem_drum_mango_81 (b) Qwerty#Vine63
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_Dust_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “rainnestsandlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 “Vihaan#Vine#61” 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
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “rainseedshell73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin46 (b) GoldLeafLotus45

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. has a common word
  3. 13
  4. 17
  5. 4
  6. 14
  7. 18
  8. 4
  9. 12
  10. emojis
  11. others can guess it
  12. 2
  13. ChaiNestPearl53
  14. weak
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. ship!sand!frog!69
  17. risky
  18. rain-pearl-river-40
  19. has a name or year
  20. brick!seed!gold!10
  21. 8
  22. 3
  23. moon.ship.hill.72
  24. 9
  25. dust#leaf#tiger#78
  26. strong
  27. lotus!chai!cloud!62
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. weak
  30. 15
  31. weak
  32. strong
  33. shorter than 12
  34. neem_drum_mango_81
  35. 4
  36. 16
  37. has a name or year
  38. 15
  39. 4
  40. GoldLeafLotus45

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