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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 717 · 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.🔐 “Ananya#Frog#13” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “CloudLotusHill45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Moon-55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  5. 5.🔐 Is “plumferncloud52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudNestTiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “riverneemship59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Cloud.Seed70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “gold!fern!cloud!85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogchailotus26 (b) PlumBellTiger18
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerCloudFrog32 (b) bellhillvineshell
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon_Boat_Plum72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillseedkitewolf (b) BrickNeemMango33
  19. 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Gold-Brick77 (b) Admin@Wheel24
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Sand_Lotus89 (b) Shell.Pearl.2017
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “sand!seed!lotus!71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Ship@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Plum_Lake11 (b) toastdrumpond40
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Drum_Lake_Lotus58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Pearl76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “toast!leaf!nest!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password11 (b) Chai@Bell@Corn21
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Boat#Tiger#2010” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Nest@Hill18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Brick@84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  33. 33.🔐 Is “drum#tent#shell#80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 “Nest_70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumCornShell54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Vine@10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuspearlfrograin (b) kite#brick#lamp#73
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Tent#Corn51 (b) Nisha2012
  39. 39.🔐 “Welcome_Cloud68” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “chai.pearl.lake.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. strong
  3. 4
  4. 12
  5. weak
  6. 16
  7. in your head
  8. 2
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. 17
  11. 7
  12. strong
  13. PlumBellTiger18
  14. TigerCloudFrog32
  15. 16
  16. 4
  17. 3
  18. BrickNeemMango33
  19. others can guess it
  20. Lotus-Gold-Brick77
  21. Shell_Sand_Lotus89
  22. 18
  23. 4
  24. Toast_Plum_Lake11
  25. strong
  26. 16
  27. 18
  28. Chai@Bell@Corn21
  29. 9
  30. has a name or year
  31. 17
  32. shorter than 12
  33. strong
  34. shorter than 12
  35. 3
  36. weak
  37. kite#brick#lamp#73
  38. Lamp#Tent#Corn51
  39. has a common word
  40. 18

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