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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 578 · 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.🔐 “Gold.Seed.2011” 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
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  4. 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  5. 5.🔐 “kitelakeboatneem” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemFernDrum29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “pearlneemnestboat” 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
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustLotusSand77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Pond-Dust34 (b) Tara#Lamp#70
  12. 12.🔐 “Ship@47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestFrogWolf54 (b) Ananya_Tent_46
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_kite_wolf_13 (b) iloveyou44
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Leaf.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Admin.Lake70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerkiteplummoon (b) vine#wheel#tiger#12
  18. 18.🔐 “riverrainlamppearl” 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
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Kabir_Drum_52” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Cloud81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 “Tent#Lamp#2009” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “Nisha_Plum_27” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellDustSeed22 (b) Hill#Frog#2014
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Wolf!Leaf!Pond79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@River@2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Neem!Shell17 (b) neemleaflamp45
  29. 29.🔐 “bricktigercornnest” 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
  30. 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Lotus@40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) lotus!neem!dust!16
  33. 33.🔐 Is “sandlakedrumwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Neem#2013 (b) Neem@Kite@Chai84
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipboatriver75 (b) River-Mango-Frog54
  36. 36.🔐 Is “iloveyou33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Pond#Seed28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipcloudshellplum (b) MoonBrickLeaf89
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Wolf!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 12
  3. 3
  4. emojis
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 14
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 9
  9. risky
  10. 3
  11. Rain-Pond-Dust34
  12. shorter than 12
  13. NestFrogWolf54
  14. bell_kite_wolf_13
  15. weak
  16. weak
  17. vine#wheel#tiger#12
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 10
  20. has a name or year
  21. weak
  22. has a name or year
  23. has a name or year
  24. ShellDustSeed22
  25. strong
  26. 9
  27. 4
  28. Pond!Neem!Shell17
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. others can guess it
  31. 14
  32. lotus!neem!dust!16
  33. weak
  34. Neem@Kite@Chai84
  35. River-Mango-Frog54
  36. weak
  37. 2
  38. 16
  39. MoonBrickLeaf89
  40. weak

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