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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 763 · 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 “Ishaan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  3. 3.🔐 “frogwheelshiplamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4.🔐 Is “mangobellkitechai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_Dust_Hill11 (b) Nisha#Frog#81
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampShellBrick21 (b) Leaf_Rain_2012
  7. 7.🔐 Is “fernclouddrum31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Frog-Boat11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverlampshell56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Pond.Brick42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumtigermangoneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-mango-lake-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “river!plum!ship!22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudmoonplumneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “cloudmoonrain72” 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
  16. 16.🔐 “Sand@31” 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
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Moon-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Wolf.Lake86 (b) tentlotusbrick26
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.49 (b) Tiger_Seed_Wheel37
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#cloud#leaf#37 (b) Seed_Lotus_2011
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernLakeVine14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerboatneem21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “Admin-River61” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Pond.Moon12 (b) dustseedriverlamp
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) froglakecornwheel (b) seed#boat#mango#26
  28. 28.🔐 “Tara.Rain.69” 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
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemSandPond10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “neem#dust#sand#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “lamphillmango25” 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
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Lotus.Kite27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  35. 35.🔐 “Meera#Ship#66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “hilllampgoldkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 “Frog_Pearl_2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Wolf87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiterainrivershell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. in your head
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. weak
  5. Tent_Dust_Hill11
  6. LampShellBrick21
  7. weak
  8. 16
  9. 2
  10. 4
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 18
  14. 1
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. shorter than 12
  17. 3
  18. 13
  19. Chai.Wolf.Lake86
  20. Tiger_Seed_Wheel37
  21. gold#cloud#leaf#37
  22. 3
  23. 8
  24. 2
  25. has a common word
  26. Kite.Pond.Moon12
  27. seed#boat#mango#26
  28. has a name or year
  29. 3
  30. 12
  31. 17
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. 4
  34. others can guess it
  35. has a name or year
  36. 16
  37. has a name or year
  38. 14
  39. 1
  40. emojis

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