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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 715 · 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.🔐 “plumlamptoastsand” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “pearl-wolf-cloud-44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “toastwheeltent23” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Is “cornboatrain19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Lamp#Dust#Pond69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_River80 (b) gold_drum_river_87
  10. 10.🔐 Is “qwerty45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Wheel#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Vine#Frog#2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Drum.Gold.Sand77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Frog.Lake24 (b) Tiger#Lotus#2017
  16. 16.🔐 Is “seedbrickboatleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 Is “LampTigerFern63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Tent_2009 (b) Leaf@Brick@Corn15
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Mango-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickFernRiver26 (b) Qwerty#Kite81
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  22. 22.🔐 Is “lakevinehill16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 “Chai_17” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Bell@Cloud62 (b) tigertentshell17
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-Lotus-Moon40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornriversand20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Is “leafdustshellseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Is “MoonLakePearl33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Lake#Cloud51 (b) Arjun2012
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@River@Moon12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernLotusBrick78 (b) tigermangokitewolf
  36. 36.🔐 “Lotus-30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  37. 37.🔐 “Moon#45” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-71 (b) Boat-Pond-Vine71
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@60 (b) rain!bell!lake!85
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!nest!chai!50 (b) Ishaan_Neem_16

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. strong
  3. 9
  4. 2
  5. 9
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. weak
  8. strong
  9. gold_drum_river_87
  10. weak
  11. in your head
  12. 14
  13. weak
  14. strong
  15. Kite.Frog.Lake24
  16. weak
  17. strong
  18. Leaf@Brick@Corn15
  19. weak
  20. BrickFernRiver26
  21. others can guess it
  22. weak
  23. shorter than 12
  24. 8
  25. 9
  26. Toast@Bell@Cloud62
  27. 2
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. weak
  31. strong
  32. weak
  33. Nest#Lake#Cloud51
  34. 4
  35. FernLotusBrick78
  36. shorter than 12
  37. shorter than 12
  38. Boat-Pond-Vine71
  39. rain!bell!lake!85
  40. wheel!nest!chai!50

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