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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 71 · 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.🔐 “Aarav@Lamp@86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  2. 2.🔐 “Gold!15” 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
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Pond!Leaf80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “boatcloudpondkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickMangoDust15 (b) Ship!18
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Bell69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “Corn.65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Kite!2015 (b) LeafMoonMango28
  9. 9.🔐 Is “tentcornchai50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Frog@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
  15. 15.🔐 “pearlshelltigerseed” 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
  16. 16.🔐 “shellneemkite44” 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
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Vine@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Wheel45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentpearlwolf13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond.Leaf.Neem37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Wheel!62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Fern.58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Corn!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “PearlLeafLamp33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Lake_50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “Tent.Mango.2010” 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
  28. 28.🔐 “Lake_Kite_2017” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Lotus@33 (b) mango!brick!plum!84
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#Frog#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.dust.boat.12 (b) Tiger_22
  32. 32.🔐 Is “kitewolfshellriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerrainbrick85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitetentsanddrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Lamp!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumbellpond74 (b) gold.lake.chai.22
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chai#dust#tiger#23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou82 (b) DrumChaiLotus17
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. shorter than 12
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. BrickMangoDust15
  6. 4
  7. shorter than 12
  8. LeafMoonMango28
  9. weak
  10. 9
  11. 14
  12. 3
  13. 4
  14. emojis
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 14
  18. 15
  19. 2
  20. 16
  21. weak
  22. weak
  23. 10
  24. weak
  25. strong
  26. weak
  27. has a name or year
  28. has a name or year
  29. mango!brick!plum!84
  30. 14
  31. tent.dust.boat.12
  32. weak
  33. 16
  34. 8
  35. 1
  36. 4
  37. gold.lake.chai.22
  38. 18
  39. DrumChaiLotus17
  40. others can guess it

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