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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 708 · 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 “toast@vine@tiger@55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🗝️ 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
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nest!shell!wheel!40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 “Tiger#33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  5. 5.🔐 “Ananya#Pond#89” 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
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!bell!cloud!60 (b) Meera2009
  7. 7.🔐 “Kabir@Nest@34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Kite#Pond63 (b) plumtigerdust12
  9. 9.🔐 “Letmein_Neem74” 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest@Lotus@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “tent#neem#leaf#27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Bell#River#Sand82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “LampRainShip29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Tara_Lotus_49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Is “kite-pond-gold-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Fern#Boat#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 “Qwerty-Lotus31” 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
  18. 18.🔐 “Qwerty_Lamp84” 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
  19. 19.🔐 Is “leaffernvinemango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Lamp#77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
  22. 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
  23. 23.🔐 Is “hill.gold.cloud.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaiboattoastleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-Ship-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafTigerLamp77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondusttentvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!River!Pearl24 (b) shipdustdrum51
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Boat.Neem68 (b) Gold-26
  30. 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  31. 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Lake@Gold@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@vine@lamp@28 (b) nestshellrainfrog
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudPondLake26 (b) Rohan.Mango.84
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Tiger.74 (b) brick#vine#seed#30
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!Drum!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 “cloudlamplotus39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  38. 38.🔐 “Chai_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Rohan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-79 (b) Chai-Frog-Plum12

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. in your head
  3. 19
  4. shorter than 12
  5. has a name or year
  6. lotus!bell!cloud!60
  7. has a name or year
  8. Mango#Kite#Pond63
  9. has a common word
  10. 15
  11. strong
  12. strong
  13. 14
  14. weak
  15. strong
  16. weak
  17. has a common word
  18. has a common word
  19. weak
  20. 4
  21. risky
  22. 12
  23. strong
  24. 1
  25. 4
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. Neem!River!Pearl24
  29. Chai.Boat.Neem68
  30. emojis
  31. 3
  32. weak
  33. gold@vine@lamp@28
  34. CloudPondLake26
  35. brick#vine#seed#30
  36. 13
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. shorter than 12
  39. weak
  40. Chai-Frog-Plum12

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