Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 6 · 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 too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
2. 2.🔐 “pearlnestbrickpond” 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
3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Wolf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
4. 4.🔐 Is “chaiseedmangolotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “corn.lake.pearl.88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “pondlotusmango23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
7. 7.🔐 Is “FernFrogBell47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainMangoNeem45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
9. 9.🔐 Is “iloveyou66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
10. 10.🔐 “cloudmangolampseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
11. 11.🔐 “Rohan.Lamp.33” 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
12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Tent.Mango12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
14. 14.🔐 “Ishaan_Drum_68” 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
15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
16. 16.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
17. 17.🔐 Is “frogbellchaiboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#Rain#Drum43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
19. 19.🔐 Is “Hill@Leaf@Wolf84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Wolf-2017 (b) Wheel.Lamp.Seed73
21. 21.🔐 “Welcome@Leaf89” 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
22. 22.🔐 Is “Brick-Dust-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
23. 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Ship_84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
25. 25.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
26. 26.🔐 Is “lotus_gold_wolf_20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “frogdustdrumnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
29. 29.🔐 “chaipondseedlake” 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
30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainwolfgoldshell (b) Kite_River_Corn19
31. 31.🔐 Is “Kabir.Plum.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “admin60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Lotus.Brick17 (b) Admin#Fern19
34. 34.🔐 “rainshipneemplum” 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
35. 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
36. 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Corn#Plum85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.toast.seed.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2010 (b) HillKiteDust64
40. 40.🔐 “Shell#Plum#2008” 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

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