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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 738 · 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.🔐 “Kite.River.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlBellShell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!neem!tiger!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “PlumNestBell59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  7. 7.🔐 “Diya-Drum-12” 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
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn!Hill!Tiger52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Mango@Wolf@2016” 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
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Bell!Leaf20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “shiplakehillboat” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricklakedrum44 (b) toast-corn-mango-13
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Fern#River#Neem74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) gold!leaf!kite!25
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-neem-frog-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 “Gold!45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@Lake@2009 (b) NestPondSand15
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Chai_Vine79 (b) Cloud-14
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudLampRain58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Nisha#Chai#10” 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
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Mango@36 (b) neem_shell_rain_50
  23. 23.🔐 “Brick.83” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Bell-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Nest!Seed!2013” 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
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@cloud@pearl@82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “Letmein.Cloud46” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Bell_Sand_Wheel22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “gold!wheel!lake!43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Toast16 (b) Pearl-Gold-Ship78
  32. 32.🔐 “Brick@20” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerVineTent54 (b) mangohillrain25
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerPondCorn38 (b) tigerlotusplumhill
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Admin_Gold17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum#brick#chai#43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “Frog.79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  39. 39.🔐 “Ananya_Shell_41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus#bell#kite#44 (b) toastwolfgold75

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 3
  3. others can guess it
  4. 3
  5. strong
  6. 12
  7. has a name or year
  8. 17
  9. has a name or year
  10. 4
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. toast-corn-mango-13
  13. strong
  14. gold!leaf!kite!25
  15. 3
  16. shorter than 12
  17. NestPondSand15
  18. Neem_Chai_Vine79
  19. 15
  20. has a name or year
  21. 4
  22. neem_shell_rain_50
  23. shorter than 12
  24. 14
  25. has a name or year
  26. 20
  27. has a common word
  28. strong
  29. emojis
  30. 18
  31. Pearl-Gold-Ship78
  32. shorter than 12
  33. TigerVineTent54
  34. TigerPondCorn38
  35. 9
  36. has a common word
  37. 3
  38. shorter than 12
  39. has a name or year
  40. lotus#bell#kite#44

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