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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 79 · 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) NeemLotusLamp57 (b) moontigerrainshell
  2. 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfbellshellhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Lamp89 (b) Chai#Cloud#Bell67
  5. 5.🔐 “drumgoldvineboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2009 (b) cloud-wheel-drum-50
  7. 7.🔐 “cornfernplum84” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein21 (b) tent.corn.lotus.42
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Sand@Lotus@Vine85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Wolf@Mango@Tent80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “boatnestchaileaf” 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
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “seedbellwheelmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “pearl@fern@river@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 “Lotus@21” 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
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Sand11 (b) RiverTigerPond56
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Rain-2018 (b) Frog@Mango@Chai27
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Dust.Wolf.Ship32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 “Sand.Neem.2011” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Lotus.63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Lotus!Rain31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Toast@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  26. 26.🔐 Is “bell-pond-dust-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “Diya-Kite-41” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “sandnestleafpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 “cornrivercloudlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Pond_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Is “seed@river@toast@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 “Arjun!Tent!30” 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
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “clouddrumplum88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “goldcornfrogshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Drum@Bell@Cloud73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔐 “Letmein-Chai84” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “Qwerty@Plum32” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Is “River-Boat-Mango84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonTigerPearl57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Is “goldmangolotuslake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. NeemLotusLamp57
  2. 3
  3. 17
  4. Chai#Cloud#Bell67
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. cloud-wheel-drum-50
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. tent.corn.lotus.42
  9. strong
  10. strong
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. 18
  13. strong
  14. shorter than 12
  15. others can guess it
  16. RiverTigerPond56
  17. Frog@Mango@Chai27
  18. 7
  19. risky
  20. strong
  21. has a name or year
  22. weak
  23. 4
  24. weak
  25. emojis
  26. strong
  27. has a name or year
  28. weak
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. weak
  31. strong
  32. has a name or year
  33. 2
  34. weak
  35. strong
  36. has a common word
  37. has a common word
  38. strong
  39. 3
  40. weak

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