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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 683 · 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) LampCloudWolf50 (b) Ananya.Lamp.38
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Neem.Mango.Kite73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 “Diya_Cloud_16” 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 “Lake-Brick-Gold16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornTigerRiver16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Mango#2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty24 (b) Tiger!Gold!Dust84
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Lotus.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Nest16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
  14. 14.🔐 Is “toastgoldvinehill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) MangoRainDrum13
  17. 17.🔐 Is “RiverVineLake47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Dust_Frog_Chai28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 “lotusferncloud73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  20. 20.🔐 “chaifroglampvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!21 (b) plum#river#mango#72
  22. 22.🔐 “Arjun-Ship-51” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Password-Shell76” 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
  25. 25.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai-66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 “shellwheelneemlotus” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 “chaibellseed54” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “RiverCloudMoon53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudneemgoldcorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!Tiger!Mango58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “tentshellseed34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Is “TigerPlumShip29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Pond-Mango21 (b) chailotusneem64
  36. 36.🔐 Is “admin70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 “Boat!Wheel!2015” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerShipRain34 (b) Ishaan2012
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Neem66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Nisha!Shell!42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. LampCloudWolf50
  2. strong
  3. has a name or year
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 9
  7. emojis
  8. 16
  9. Tiger!Gold!Dust84
  10. 14
  11. weak
  12. weak
  13. 3
  14. weak
  15. others can guess it
  16. MangoRainDrum13
  17. strong
  18. strong
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. fewer than 3 kinds
  21. plum#river#mango#72
  22. has a name or year
  23. 4
  24. has a common word
  25. in your head
  26. 4
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 9
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. strong
  31. 17
  32. 18
  33. weak
  34. strong
  35. Leaf-Pond-Mango21
  36. weak
  37. has a name or year
  38. TigerShipRain34
  39. 4
  40. weak

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