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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 69 · 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.🔐 Is “Letmein#Lake14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 Is “nest!fern!wheel!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Drum#26 (b) MoonDrumCloud72
  4. 4.🔐 “Sand.18” 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
  5. 5.🔐 “Kite!14” 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
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Fern.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaffernneemmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “sand_corn_fern_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔐 Is “LeafHillLake79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Tara_Brick_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 “River@10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumlampbricklotus (b) Drum@Rain@Cloud35
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “goldhillboat15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2017 (b) Boat_Drum_Lamp51
  18. 18.🎂 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
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Is “riverlotusvinelamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “kitechaineemship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Lamp!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Sand25 (b) MangoDrumTiger27
  25. 25.🔐 Is “mangorainvine54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Lake-Tiger-Pond17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakewolffrog15 (b) KiteTigerCorn19
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chainestwheelcorn (b) Leaf.Sand.Rain31
  29. 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipPearlBell52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
  32. 32.🔐 “Qwerty-Cloud89” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “GoldChaiMoon17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 “Nisha_Tiger_36” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Tiger-Vine-Boat72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Lotus_43” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Mango_66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Pond.2008 (b) Pearl@Neem@Pond23
  39. 39.🔐 “Vine#75” 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
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “admin25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. strong
  3. MoonDrumCloud72
  4. shorter than 12
  5. shorter than 12
  6. 14
  7. 1
  8. strong
  9. strong
  10. 8
  11. in your head
  12. weak
  13. shorter than 12
  14. Drum@Rain@Cloud35
  15. 10
  16. 14
  17. Boat_Drum_Lamp51
  18. others can guess it
  19. 8
  20. weak
  21. 16
  22. 12
  23. 14
  24. MangoDrumTiger27
  25. weak
  26. strong
  27. KiteTigerCorn19
  28. Leaf.Sand.Rain31
  29. 3
  30. 15
  31. risky
  32. has a common word
  33. strong
  34. has a name or year
  35. strong
  36. shorter than 12
  37. weak
  38. Pearl@Neem@Pond23
  39. shorter than 12
  40. 7

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