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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 740 · 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 “lakegoldpond78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
  3. 3.🔐 Is “NeemShipPond13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Ananya.Lake.20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Password#Rain82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Frog!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “Toast.66” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampMoonTent36 (b) goldcloudrainmoon
  9. 9.🔐 “Pond@Lake@2012” 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.🔐 “Fern#Seed#2014” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Dust.2015 (b) RiverHillKite77
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastShellRain22 (b) Admin_River28
  13. 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_11 (b) TigerLotusWheel74
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Chai48 (b) hill-plum-frog-53
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Kite_Ship85 (b) lakepearlferntent
  17. 17.🔐 “Meera.Leaf.70” 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
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Pearl_45 (b) plum.shell.seed.78
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Hill#20” 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
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Boat#Cloud20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Is “NestBoatLamp81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Vine-Boat88 (b) Nest#55
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudmoonmango83 (b) RainVineFern67
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Toast@2008 (b) River!Bell!Moon39
  26. 26.🔐 “Admin@Cloud61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  27. 27.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Cloud37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “ferntigerkitemoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Ship.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Cloud!76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonRainNest28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent_wheel_shell_89 (b) welcome62
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog!71 (b) Plum-Fern-Hill89
  36. 36.🔐 “Ship#57” 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
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Sand-Mango79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “lotusrainseed14” 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
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem!frog!lake!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Gold-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 3
  3. strong
  4. weak
  5. weak
  6. 15
  7. shorter than 12
  8. LampMoonTent36
  9. has a name or year
  10. has a name or year
  11. RiverHillKite77
  12. ToastShellRain22
  13. others can guess it
  14. TigerLotusWheel74
  15. hill-plum-frog-53
  16. Frog_Kite_Ship85
  17. has a name or year
  18. plum.shell.seed.78
  19. 3
  20. shorter than 12
  21. 4
  22. strong
  23. Lake-Vine-Boat88
  24. RainVineFern67
  25. River!Bell!Moon39
  26. has a common word
  27. in your head
  28. 4
  29. 17
  30. weak
  31. weak
  32. weak
  33. 3
  34. tent_wheel_shell_89
  35. Plum-Fern-Hill89
  36. shorter than 12
  37. 4
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 3
  40. 4

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