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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 756 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Neem.Shell77 (b) Hill-Tent-2009
  2. 2.🔐 “Password.Tiger29” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Boat_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 “Shell-Toast-2017” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum#dust#shell#87 (b) nestvinefern23
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Lake82 (b) Leaf@Tent@Brick28
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Mango.Lamp12 (b) Tara!Seed!72
  8. 8.🔐 “kitevinetentnest” 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
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Gold_Kite78 (b) Nisha@Tiger@67
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel@lamp@boat@71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty50 (b) Boat@Tiger@Cloud10
  12. 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  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.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “Dust-38” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Wolf.Moon.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Neem.Tiger12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!Toast!Kite47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern-Seed-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Moon-Fern62 (b) River@Neem@2015
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoSeedWolf78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Corn_17” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Welcome@Tiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 Is “lamp-moon-river-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 “Wheel!Boat!2016” 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
  29. 29.🔐 “plumrivershipbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Wheel-Nest37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Wheel52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Chai_2011 (b) Gold#Ship#Wheel89
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
  36. 36.🔐 “Tara.Vine.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest_lamp_shell_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “Rohan.Cloud.61” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “toast.leaf.drum.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 “hillfernseed23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word

Answer key

  1. Sand.Neem.Shell77
  2. has a common word
  3. weak
  4. has a name or year
  5. plum#dust#shell#87
  6. Leaf@Tent@Brick28
  7. Leaf.Mango.Lamp12
  8. fewer than 3 kinds
  9. Neem_Gold_Kite78
  10. 18
  11. Boat@Tiger@Cloud10
  12. 12
  13. others can guess it
  14. 7
  15. shorter than 12
  16. weak
  17. 2
  18. 4
  19. 17
  20. emojis
  21. 4
  22. 10
  23. Rain-Moon-Fern62
  24. 15
  25. shorter than 12
  26. weak
  27. strong
  28. has a name or year
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. 4
  31. weak
  32. 4
  33. Gold#Ship#Wheel89
  34. 2
  35. risky
  36. has a name or year
  37. 3
  38. has a name or year
  39. 18
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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