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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 592 · 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.🔐 “Shell.64” 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 “leafplumneem78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “dustrainriverfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “leaf!ship!plum!74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “drum.river.hill.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “moonchaishipcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Drum28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 “lakekiteshiphill” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Seed81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Sand.57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.🔐 “Fern#89” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Lamp#Lotus#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandMoonLamp64 (b) welcome20
  15. 15.🔐 “Tiger!Kite!2014” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “shipwolfrivertent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Plum-Lake-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 “drumseedgold54” 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 “Ship@Lake@Pond71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Corn@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “mangobellship79” 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
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldWheelPearl11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Aarav.Drum.83” 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
  24. 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  25. 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2012 (b) Cloud#Neem#Gold31
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelNestBell20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 “Brick_River_2012” 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
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudboatfrog77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “Tent#49” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “ship!hill!boat!73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipVineLotus86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “rainboatleaf89” 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
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “DustSeedChai22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellsandmoon22 (b) TigerLotusShip83
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast-pond-corn-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell!gold!lake!68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-pond-boat-16 (b) dustneemmango12

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. weak
  3. 17
  4. strong
  5. 18
  6. 17
  7. 12
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. weak
  10. 4
  11. 12
  12. shorter than 12
  13. weak
  14. SandMoonLamp64
  15. has a name or year
  16. 17
  17. weak
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. 16
  20. 15
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. 16
  23. has a name or year
  24. risky
  25. 3
  26. Cloud#Neem#Gold31
  27. 3
  28. has a name or year
  29. 2
  30. shorter than 12
  31. strong
  32. 15
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 14
  35. others can guess it
  36. TigerLotusShip83
  37. 3
  38. 8
  39. 3
  40. vine-pond-boat-16

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