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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 743 · 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.🔐 “Qwerty#Sand85” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “drumneemboatgold” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl#Hill#Tiger73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “Corn@60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Hill.50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 “Meera@Seed@37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “admin41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Leaf.10” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “vine#boat#lake#62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Lotus@Fern@Leaf40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#frog#cloud#56 (b) cloudrainpearlriver
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornshipboat56 (b) Wolf!Pond!Plum79
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password49 (b) wheel.sand.kite.81
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun#Brick#56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 “Toast-Seed-2013” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “clouddustplumriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Drum!Ship23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “pondsanddrum73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 “fernfrograin75” 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
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentPondTiger34 (b) plumlamppond24
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “boatdrumgoldplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 Is “LeafFernPond57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed-vine-bell-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “lampbellleafplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🎂 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “letmein54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusTigerTent86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “goldleafchaidrum” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “rivermangomoon84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Neem_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Is “fernlakelampneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a common word
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 4
  4. shorter than 12
  5. 4
  6. 9
  7. has a name or year
  8. 7
  9. shorter than 12
  10. strong
  11. strong
  12. mango#frog#cloud#56
  13. 4
  14. Wolf!Pond!Plum79
  15. wheel.sand.kite.81
  16. 4
  17. has a name or year
  18. 1
  19. 4
  20. 10
  21. weak
  22. 4
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. TentPondTiger34
  25. 16
  26. strong
  27. 2
  28. 3
  29. 16
  30. others can guess it
  31. weak
  32. 3
  33. 16
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 8
  36. 3
  37. weak
  38. 4
  39. weak
  40. 8

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