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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 798 · 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 “Rohan_Boat_89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonToastPlum60 (b) Ishaan.Moon.75
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin30 (b) DustBoatBell29
  4. 4.🔐 Is “rivertentbrick17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Kite.Bell.Toast11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “brickfrogkitegold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickseedwheeldust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold-Pearl-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Saanvi.Sand.78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  10. 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#Corn#Boat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “NeemRainVine76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
  14. 14.🔐 Is “drum@toast@leaf@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 “toastfernhill32” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Password-Moon50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Gold@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond-corn-lamp-43 (b) Seed-Hill-2010
  19. 19.🔐 “vinepearlwheel74” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoTigerGold77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickChaiBoat50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  25. 25.🔐 Is “lotusgoldlamp20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 “moonbellcorncloud” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Saanvi2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@12 (b) vine@lotus@lamp@53
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Rain!Lamp!2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “neembelltent29” 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@Tiger@Sand20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Fern69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldhilllampbrick (b) MangoTentMoon73
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick-ship-lamp-66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “Nisha!Shell!19” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “toastmoondrumtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 “Admin@Chai68” 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
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Shell_Seed82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. MoonToastPlum60
  3. DustBoatBell29
  4. weak
  5. strong
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. has a name or year
  10. emojis
  11. 17
  12. strong
  13. 3
  14. strong
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. weak
  17. 4
  18. pond-corn-lamp-43
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. 2
  21. 16
  22. others can guess it
  23. 3
  24. in your head
  25. weak
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. weak
  28. vine@lotus@lamp@53
  29. weak
  30. 8
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 4
  33. 14
  34. MangoTentMoon73
  35. 3
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. 9
  39. has a common word
  40. 17

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