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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 574 · 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.🔐 “Rohan#Lamp#21” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Meera2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Pond!Hill!Sand63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellMoonTiger78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “plum@cloud@ship@67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Is “toast-tiger-sand-39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Nisha-Seed-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya-Pearl-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 “Pearl-Leaf-2010” 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
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara!Neem!74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Is “chaidustnest36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2013 (b) River!Moon!Shell70
  16. 16.🔐 “kitepearlseed15” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogpondcloud76 (b) Tent!Sand!Drum64
  18. 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust#Wheel#Fern75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “Admin_Drum10” 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
  22. 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango_tent_wheel_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_river_vine_77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Qwerty#River75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeLampBell54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickvinecornlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Toast-Moon-Gold72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Is “VineCloudLake36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernnestgoldleaf (b) nest.tiger.sand.38
  31. 31.🔐 Is “wheelpondbell37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Ship-42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “rivercornwolftiger” 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
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Rain-2013 (b) Tent.Wolf.River28
  36. 36.🔐 “Toast-36” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “toastneemgold20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 “Vine-31” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Is “bellsandshellrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogVineSand76 (b) Wheel!33

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. weak
  3. 3
  4. 12
  5. strong
  6. others can guess it
  7. 3
  8. strong
  9. strong
  10. weak
  11. 4
  12. has a name or year
  13. 12
  14. weak
  15. River!Moon!Shell70
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. Tent!Sand!Drum64
  18. risky
  19. 4
  20. 17
  21. has a common word
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. weak
  26. 14
  27. 1
  28. strong
  29. strong
  30. nest.tiger.sand.38
  31. weak
  32. 13
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 3
  35. Tent.Wolf.River28
  36. shorter than 12
  37. weak
  38. shorter than 12
  39. weak
  40. FrogVineSand76

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