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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 646 · 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) Plum@River@2016 (b) Corn_Pond_Neem50
  2. 2.🔐 “Mango.Lotus.2008” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Is “moon#drum#bell#70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 “Dust#Rain#2017” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Password!Neem11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 “brickleafpond13” 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.🔐 Is “Leaf-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipLeafPearl22 (b) iloveyou79
  9. 9.🔐 “Admin!Tent49” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Pearl-Kite-Frog25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Kite#Ship75 (b) iloveyou29
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedleafnest54 (b) Boat-Neem-Plum73
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome10 (b) HillMangoVine88
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumsandrain73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Is “RainKiteLake23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Wheel#Lamp#Chai24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 “vinesandkite25” 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
  20. 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  22. 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!moon!kite!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintentfrog37 (b) BrickShipMoon84
  25. 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Lake@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Sand-71 (b) TigerBoatHill18
  28. 28.🔐 “Fern_76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “neemcornshelltiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 31.🔐 Is “goldlampdust83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Frog@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Fern-Neem-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!36 (b) Mango#Wolf#Drum36
  36. 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
  37. 37.🔐 “Password-Kite84” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “boatcloudpondbell” 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
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. Corn_Pond_Neem50
  2. has a name or year
  3. strong
  4. has a name or year
  5. weak
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. weak
  8. ShipLeafPearl22
  9. has a common word
  10. strong
  11. Fern#Kite#Ship75
  12. weak
  13. Boat-Neem-Plum73
  14. HillMangoVine88
  15. 2
  16. strong
  17. 12
  18. strong
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. emojis
  21. others can guess it
  22. in your head
  23. 3
  24. BrickShipMoon84
  25. risky
  26. weak
  27. TigerBoatHill18
  28. shorter than 12
  29. 8
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. weak
  32. 14
  33. 8
  34. weak
  35. Mango#Wolf#Drum36
  36. 3
  37. has a common word
  38. weak
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 2

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