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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 754 · 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf!Pond!Dust74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Lamp.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestlakebellfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “Welcome-Fern52” 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
  5. 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein72 (b) wolf#cloud#tiger#31
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuslampvine89 (b) boat.moon.gold.56
  8. 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
  9. 9.🔐 Is “iloveyou60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 “Frog_Lamp_2017” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Is “LotusLeafWolf65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 Is “toastlotusseed73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Nest-Bell26 (b) Welcome_Neem30
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “FernShellKite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “drumneemriverbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  17. 17.🔐 Is “WheelBellHill76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “frog_rain_sand_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!40 (b) Fern@Lotus@Tent49
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password57 (b) Plum-Boat-Tiger61
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellkiteriverpond (b) Frog#Lake#River56
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Aarav-River-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “fernriverleaftent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “boatfernhill27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “qwerty25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  27. 27.🔐 “Password#Shell26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern_lamp_boat_53 (b) admin43
  29. 29.🔐 “Hill#Plum#2010” 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
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#Pond#Rain24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty73 (b) sand@wolf@frog@69
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Neem-2014 (b) Tiger#Hill#Gold28
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Chai46 (b) Wheel@Tiger@Frog87
  34. 34.🔐 “Admin#Bell31” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plumpondlakeshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Meera_River_25” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “brickkiteshell37” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Moon18 (b) LakeNestSeed75
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Dust77 (b) DustKiteLamp52
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Cloud.Leaf.Bell89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. has a common word
  5. 3
  6. wolf#cloud#tiger#31
  7. boat.moon.gold.56
  8. emojis
  9. weak
  10. has a name or year
  11. strong
  12. weak
  13. Lotus-Nest-Bell26
  14. 15
  15. 17
  16. others can guess it
  17. strong
  18. 17
  19. Fern@Lotus@Tent49
  20. Plum-Boat-Tiger61
  21. Frog#Lake#River56
  22. weak
  23. 17
  24. weak
  25. weak
  26. in your head
  27. has a common word
  28. fern_lamp_boat_53
  29. has a name or year
  30. 17
  31. sand@wolf@frog@69
  32. Tiger#Hill#Gold28
  33. Wheel@Tiger@Frog87
  34. has a common word
  35. 17
  36. has a name or year
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. LakeNestSeed75
  39. DustKiteLamp52
  40. strong

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