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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 742 · 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.🔐 “Mango-34” 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.🔐 “Welcome-Leaf61” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@10 (b) seed.vine.lamp.21
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel@chai@cloud@61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  6. 6.🔐 “Plum@Sand@2010” 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
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Kite.Fern80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Lamp@Frog64 (b) lakekiteship88
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  10. 10.🔐 Is “boatfernbricktoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Lamp-Corn88 (b) dustbellpearl24
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome50 (b) Frog!Plum!Dust28
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog-Plum-Cloud56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteSandChai49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.rain.lake.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pondseedtiger39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein13 (b) moon.gold.corn.17
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Moon-Seed-Leaf10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 “Bell#Corn#2014” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Boat-Bell-Plum49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Chai28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Plum-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast#86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Frog.Tiger.Pond50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearldrumkitemoon (b) VineLotusMoon47
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-toast-wolf-11 (b) Rohan_Toast_82
  30. 30.🔐 “Nest@Boat@2017” 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
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipChaiBell17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🔐 “sandtigerlotus66” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondtoastshellpearl (b) Toast!Brick!Seed66
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Sand@Pearl@Hill25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverLeafNeem53 (b) goldtigershipmoon
  36. 36.🔐 “Qwerty#Nest67” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@22 (b) Toast@Rain@Cloud64
  39. 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Tent#67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. has a common word
  3. seed.vine.lamp.21
  4. 19
  5. in your head
  6. has a name or year
  7. 4
  8. River@Lamp@Frog64
  9. others can guess it
  10. weak
  11. Tent-Lamp-Corn88
  12. Frog!Plum!Dust28
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 15
  17. 3
  18. 12
  19. moon.gold.corn.17
  20. strong
  21. has a name or year
  22. strong
  23. weak
  24. 9
  25. weak
  26. 8
  27. strong
  28. VineLotusMoon47
  29. dust-toast-wolf-11
  30. has a name or year
  31. 3
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. Toast!Brick!Seed66
  34. strong
  35. RiverLeafNeem53
  36. has a common word
  37. weak
  38. Toast@Rain@Cloud64
  39. 3
  40. 4

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