Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 65 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Fern.46 (b) chai.hill.fern.75
2. 2.🔐 Is “Toast_Neem_Wolf44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
3. 3.🔐 “leafchaimoonrain” 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
4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Boat75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) Gold!Brick!Kite35
6. 6.🔐 Is “leaf@kite@drum@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinenestfernmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
8. 8.🔐 Is “Tiger-Shell-River31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfrainboat30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusCloudMoon68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Sand.Shell33 (b) Tent-11
12. 12.🔐 Is “Brick.Pond.Lamp70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
13. 13.🔐 “Rohan#Fern#40” 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
14. 14.🔐 Is “tent#chai#vine#48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Sand-Lamp39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
17. 17.🎂 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
18. 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Dust-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
20. 20.🔐 “Password.Wheel82” 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
21. 21.🔐 “lakewheelgold78” 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
22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
23. 23.🔐 Is “lotusbricknestrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
24. 24.🔐 “Ishaan#Corn#38” 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
25. 25.🔐 “Qwerty.Boat89” 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
26. 26.🔐 “ferngoldchai25” 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
27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerMoonSeed81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
28. 28.🔐 Is “Boat_26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
30. 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
31. 31.🔐 Is “Chai!Seed!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
32. 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
33. 33.🔐 “Welcome#Shell76” 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
34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudShellLeaf10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
35. 35.🔐 “tigertoastrain17” 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
36. 36.🔐 “Tara!Moon!27” 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
37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfMoonTiger36 (b) Diya2009
38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
39. 39.🔐 Is “Password-Plum75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) Ship#Fern#Plum41

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