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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 693 · 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) Ship!Boat!Pearl63 (b) Neem#10
  2. 2.🔐 “Fern#23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  3. 3.🗝️ 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
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverNeemNest43 (b) Shell#26
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampShellBoat48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Cloud.Neem.Leaf64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@Moon@2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Boat.Pond.Sand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 “Diya-Seed-81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain-Mango-Brick68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun!Tent!13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Ship.2014 (b) Shell-Rain-Hill30
  17. 17.🔐 Is “goldpearllamp61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Lamp_68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust_wolf_tiger_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Welcome-Gold59” 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
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_Ship_Vine30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#37 (b) ShellKitePlum13
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipbrickfernkite (b) Mango#Lotus#Ship55
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) Kite-Boat-River25
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Gold.Kite.Boat56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Cloud-River21 (b) Toast-75
  28. 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.49 (b) tiger@moon@fern@63
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pearl-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Lotus.River39 (b) admin13
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “lotusboatseed10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Nest@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “shipplumlamptent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Corn#Chai44 (b) Dust@Pearl@2018
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Admin!Tiger19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “Lotus.22” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Nest@Corn@2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. Ship!Boat!Pearl63
  2. shorter than 12
  3. in your head
  4. RiverNeemNest43
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. strong
  8. 4
  9. 4
  10. strong
  11. has a name or year
  12. 4
  13. 4
  14. 12
  15. 7
  16. Shell-Rain-Hill30
  17. weak
  18. 13
  19. 3
  20. has a common word
  21. 4
  22. 4
  23. ShellKitePlum13
  24. Mango#Lotus#Ship55
  25. Kite-Boat-River25
  26. strong
  27. Rain-Cloud-River21
  28. others can guess it
  29. tiger@moon@fern@63
  30. weak
  31. 4
  32. Brick.Lotus.River39
  33. 4
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 14
  36. weak
  37. Moon#Corn#Chai44
  38. weak
  39. shorter than 12
  40. weak

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