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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 787 · 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.🔐 Is “neem!shell!seed!78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Sand27 (b) Nest@Cloud@Drum42
  4. 4.🔐 “Kabir.Tiger.78” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonsandpond18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Bell-Hill19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiTentDust78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password36 (b) Wheel#Seed#Mango19
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Plum#Seed#Drum69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Is “nestboatbrickhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 “Wheel!36” 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
  14. 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 “corndrumlotus36” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@65 (b) Lotus_Fern_Boat17
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp_chai_tent_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellNestSeed29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Chai.Mango.Bell65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔐 “boatlampleaf28” 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
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@lamp@plum@86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastraintentchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou13 (b) BoatTentBell74
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@Moon@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “NestLeafSand37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 “Drum.56” 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
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “tent#leaf#lake#55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitecloudfrog52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Vihaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 “Drum@23” 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
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “drumneemplumlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “Lotus-17” 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
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Rain!72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Kite-Dust-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 “Bell!33” 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
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondTigerFrog60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedLakeWheel32 (b) Kabir2009
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. 3
  3. Nest@Cloud@Drum42
  4. has a name or year
  5. 2
  6. in your head
  7. 17
  8. 3
  9. Wheel#Seed#Mango19
  10. 4
  11. strong
  12. weak
  13. shorter than 12
  14. 12
  15. 9
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. Lotus_Fern_Boat17
  18. 17
  19. others can guess it
  20. 3
  21. strong
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. BoatTentBell74
  26. 15
  27. strong
  28. shorter than 12
  29. 17
  30. 2
  31. weak
  32. shorter than 12
  33. 16
  34. shorter than 12
  35. 4
  36. weak
  37. shorter than 12
  38. 3
  39. SeedLakeWheel32
  40. 8

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