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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 692 · 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) Corn@Wolf@Tiger17 (b) Toast-Ship-2015
  2. 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
  3. 3.🔐 “Pond#11” 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
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “river-hill-shell-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast#boat#kite#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelbrickrivertent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Is “CloudNeemBoat30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2011 (b) neem_corn_boat_40
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Drum#Mango16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumBrickNest48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandNeemBrick34 (b) brickwolfhill62
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Arjun2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Pond_Drum25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  17. 17.🔐 “Password-Rain48” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “raintigercloudbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “dustbelllaketoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Tent!Toast!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustTigerBoat58 (b) pearlcloudwheelkite
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-lotus-drum-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondRainSand86 (b) rainlampfrog65
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestBrickFrog84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
  27. 27.🔐 “boatfernnestplum” 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
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Hill-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi_Fern_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Shell-67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seednestcloudfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoLotusBell40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_rain_seed_42 (b) Frog#Wheel#2014
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Boat_42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 “Drum#21” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Lamp!2013 (b) Wolf#Frog#Gold40
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Ship_64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumFrogBoat23 (b) chaishipdust88
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2017 (b) Corn@Neem@Lamp20
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofernkite61 (b) Fern.Pond.Chai73

Answer key

  1. Corn@Wolf@Tiger17
  2. emojis
  3. shorter than 12
  4. 19
  5. 3
  6. 19
  7. strong
  8. neem_corn_boat_40
  9. 4
  10. in your head
  11. 15
  12. SandNeemBrick34
  13. weak
  14. 16
  15. 3
  16. others can guess it
  17. has a common word
  18. 1
  19. 17
  20. weak
  21. DustTigerBoat58
  22. 12
  23. 18
  24. PondRainSand86
  25. 3
  26. risky
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 13
  29. 4
  30. 13
  31. 1
  32. 16
  33. pond_rain_seed_42
  34. 14
  35. shorter than 12
  36. Wolf#Frog#Gold40
  37. 14
  38. PlumFrogBoat23
  39. Corn@Neem@Lamp20
  40. Fern.Pond.Chai73

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