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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 588 · 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.🔐 “froglotuscornpearl” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Dust#Bell#River81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 “hilltentsandchai” 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
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “fern.neem.rain.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 “dustfrogshellchai” 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
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Lamp!Mango56 (b) fernshiplotusriver
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  8. 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_63 (b) gold#frog#toast#31
  10. 10.🔐 “Admin-River16” 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
  11. 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastVineLake80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Lake@Shell71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “Dust-48” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlPlumNeem81 (b) admin33
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Rain.Brick.Ship33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Pearl.45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  21. 21.🔐 Is “password65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Shell11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Dust!37” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Plum.Frog83 (b) frogleafbellplum
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlotusfrogplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “Lake#Wolf#2016” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Hill71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🎂 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
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Gold49 (b) Gold.Hill.Sand75
  31. 31.🔐 “Lamp@22” 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
  32. 32.🔐 “Ship.Frog.2009” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2015 (b) WheelHillWolf66
  34. 34.🔐 Is “welcome84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemWheelFern86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Qwerty#Rain75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔐 “shelllotuslampcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “seedkitepondshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Boat@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. strong
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 17
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. Corn!Lamp!Mango56
  7. emojis
  8. risky
  9. gold#frog#toast#31
  10. has a common word
  11. 12
  12. 15
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. shorter than 12
  16. PearlPlumNeem81
  17. 3
  18. strong
  19. 4
  20. shorter than 12
  21. weak
  22. 15
  23. shorter than 12
  24. 10
  25. Pearl.Plum.Frog83
  26. 1
  27. has a name or year
  28. 12
  29. others can guess it
  30. Gold.Hill.Sand75
  31. shorter than 12
  32. has a name or year
  33. WheelHillWolf66
  34. weak
  35. 15
  36. has a common word
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. 9
  39. weak
  40. weak

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