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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 582 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiplampneem57 (b) Nest_Plum_Ship54
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Dust@59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-tiger-sand-61 (b) froglotushill22
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “pearlrainvine29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Nest11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “RainLakeKite20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusLakeDust86 (b) mangoleafboat47
  10. 10.🔐 “vinecornfern77” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Is “drum-neem-dust-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Tiger28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Kite!Frog!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud_moon_vine_42 (b) Sand-82
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldrivershiphill (b) lotus_wheel_pearl_17
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Gold.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “BoatWolfShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 “Frog!52” 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
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Tiger@Kite47 (b) Qwerty_Lotus54
  24. 24.🔐 “Kabir-Sand-71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!Lotus!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “brick!cloud!leaf!63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumhillwheel25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Toast82 (b) MangoTentChai35
  29. 29.🔐 “Brick#84” 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
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudTigerKite22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “Arjun.Pond.31” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonFrogPond31 (b) goldplumshellriver
  33. 33.🔐 “Neem#71” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog!gold!dust!15 (b) Diya2016
  35. 35.🔐 “goldboatshelllamp” 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
  36. 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustriverlamp47 (b) lamp-boat-brick-71
  38. 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest.moon.tiger.45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lampseedfernwheel”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. Nest_Plum_Ship54
  2. weak
  3. boat-tiger-sand-61
  4. others can guess it
  5. 3
  6. weak
  7. 15
  8. 14
  9. LotusLakeDust86
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. strong
  12. 14
  13. 3
  14. weak
  15. cloud_moon_vine_42
  16. lotus_wheel_pearl_17
  17. 14
  18. strong
  19. shorter than 12
  20. 12
  21. 2
  22. in your head
  23. River@Tiger@Kite47
  24. has a name or year
  25. 15
  26. strong
  27. 2
  28. MangoTentChai35
  29. shorter than 12
  30. 3
  31. has a name or year
  32. MoonFrogPond31
  33. shorter than 12
  34. frog!gold!dust!15
  35. fewer than 3 kinds
  36. emojis
  37. lamp-boat-brick-71
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 17

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