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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 697 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “hill-leaf-neem-44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatLampCorn68 (b) Pearl.Brick.2015
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Nest.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudLeafFern18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!leaf!vine!14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “seedriverlamp34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Drum-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Leaf-Toast36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “welcome64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlakenest89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusNeemSeed41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “Sand@36” 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
  16. 16.🔐 “Hill#79” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Admin@Frog30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Moon.2015 (b) lotus.ship.plum.38
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampNestMoon10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  22. 22.🔐 Is “wheel#dust#tiger#80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerfrogshellwheel (b) WheelLakeNest17
  24. 24.🔐 Is “neemsandcornleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “drumshellfrograin”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “drumkiterain72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Brick-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivermangolotustiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 Is “lake#pond#boat#61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty64 (b) Mango-Lamp-Cloud89
  31. 31.🔐 “dustkitemango68” 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
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Wheel.Gold76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2015 (b) Gold@Pond@Lamp11
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatToastDrum53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.ship.river.46 (b) Password@Lotus44
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_Seed_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Seed#89 (b) Cloud.Rain.Leaf44
  38. 38.🔐 “Qwerty@Wheel59” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “Arjun!Tent!48” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seednestwheelcloud (b) GoldPearlRain70

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. 17
  3. BoatLampCorn68
  4. 14
  5. 3
  6. 17
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 4
  9. 17
  10. 9
  11. weak
  12. 2
  13. 9
  14. 3
  15. shorter than 12
  16. shorter than 12
  17. weak
  18. weak
  19. lotus.ship.plum.38
  20. 3
  21. in your head
  22. strong
  23. WheelLakeNest17
  24. weak
  25. 17
  26. weak
  27. 14
  28. 1
  29. strong
  30. Mango-Lamp-Cloud89
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 17
  33. Gold@Pond@Lamp11
  34. 3
  35. sand.ship.river.46
  36. 4
  37. Cloud.Rain.Leaf44
  38. has a common word
  39. has a name or year
  40. GoldPearlRain70

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