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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 586 · 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) rain-pearl-wolf-77 (b) Tiger@23
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumGoldToast53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou10 (b) rain_moon_pond_35
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “Meera.Cloud.16” 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
  6. 6.🔐 “Welcome_Wolf89” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Seed28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password40 (b) Corn_Plum_Drum74
  9. 9.🔐 “Welcome_Shell58” 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudfrogplum20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “tenthillkite75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Mango-Sand19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “seedmangoboatplum” 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
  15. 15.🔐 “Gold.Pearl.2013” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “kite@lamp@rain@54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Mango#Pond#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangocorntoast71 (b) RiverChaiPearl45
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Frog-Bell-Wheel89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!Lotus!Mango50 (b) welcome72
  21. 21.🔐 Is “password56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusHillMango16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Dust#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Wolf-Ship24 (b) vineleafmoon69
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Lamp!33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Vine@Neem@Hill28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Drum_Bell_Kite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔐 Is “sanddrumlamp48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “cornnestgold44” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumPlumCorn57 (b) Seed#Wheel#2016
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Chai21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverLotusMango69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemtoastboattiger (b) LampLakeRain39
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Tiger_Moon_Cloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 “Brick!68” 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
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern@pearl@mango@22 (b) letmein32

Answer key

  1. rain-pearl-wolf-77
  2. 15
  3. rain_moon_pond_35
  4. 10
  5. has a name or year
  6. has a common word
  7. 4
  8. Corn_Plum_Drum74
  9. has a common word
  10. 15
  11. weak
  12. risky
  13. 4
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. has a name or year
  16. 17
  17. weak
  18. RiverChaiPearl45
  19. strong
  20. Shell!Lotus!Mango50
  21. weak
  22. 16
  23. 4
  24. Cloud-Wolf-Ship24
  25. 4
  26. strong
  27. 7
  28. 10
  29. strong
  30. weak
  31. 7
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. DrumPlumCorn57
  34. 13
  35. 3
  36. LampLakeRain39
  37. strong
  38. shorter than 12
  39. others can guess it
  40. fern@pearl@mango@22

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