Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 579 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Corn-72 (b) TentKiteMango16
4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “frogpondwheel23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
5. 5.🔐 “mangolotuslamphill” 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
6. 6.🔐 “Tiger!29” 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
7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustChaiLotus16 (b) Ananya2014
8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!lamp!nest!11 (b) Tiger-88
9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelbrickdrummango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
11. 11.🔐 “Lake-Lotus-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedkitedustbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Seed11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
14. 14.🔐 “fernmoonriverneem” 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
15. 15.🔐 “leafcloudplumwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
16. 16.🔐 Is “Cloud!Shell!Kite78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
17. 17.🗝️ 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
18. 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
19. 19.🔐 “chainestwolfneem” 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.🔐 Is “Drum.River.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
21. 21.🔐 Is “Gold!Dust!Drum76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Kite-60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellseedtent70 (b) plum.fern.kite.30
24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@chai@corn@74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
25. 25.🔐 “riverfernleaf31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Plum-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
27. 27.🔐 “Lotus!62” 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
28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Drum@67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
29. 29.🔐 Is “Ishaan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
30. 30.🔐 “nestchaifrog39” 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
31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2017 (b) lamp_shell_frog_18
32. 32.🔐 “drumvinepearl14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumwolflamp45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaftigerneem66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellNestShip19 (b) Nisha2018
38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelLotusShell13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellShellTent46 (b) Password@Wheel35

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