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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 81 · 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.🔐 “Tara.Drum.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
  2. 2.🔐 “Chai!16” 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
  3. 3.🔐 “boatmangodrumtent” 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
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill.57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferntigerlamp83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumLakeGold87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiBrickPond67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold.seed.pond.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn.cloud.river.31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Neem!54” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “TentRainPond21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  14. 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Mango-2009 (b) seed@vine@lake@42
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty63 (b) Cloud#Bell#Gold61
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun.Ship.40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Ship-Chai-2017” 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
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Gold.Lake.Shell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Letmein.Lotus54” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#Mango#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera@Tent@56 (b) Wolf@Ship@Tiger11
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Pearl.2010 (b) ship@mango@moon@21
  27. 27.🔐 “Drum#Neem#2010” 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
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Leaf.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “bellseedwheelnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “ToastSandPearl85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Is “iloveyou50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakelamptigerbell (b) nest!wolf!cloud!58
  33. 33.🔐 Is “welcome65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 “Admin#Neem46” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “lakelampdust15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain#pearl#mango#16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornnestcloudvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “FrogPearlBoat14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “neemriverboatwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. shorter than 12
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 7
  5. 2
  6. 14
  7. 3
  8. emojis
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. shorter than 12
  12. strong
  13. others can guess it
  14. 3
  15. seed@vine@lake@42
  16. Cloud#Bell#Gold61
  17. 3
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. has a name or year
  21. strong
  22. 7
  23. has a common word
  24. 4
  25. Wolf@Ship@Tiger11
  26. ship@mango@moon@21
  27. has a name or year
  28. 4
  29. 17
  30. strong
  31. weak
  32. nest!wolf!cloud!58
  33. weak
  34. has a common word
  35. 14
  36. 3
  37. 1
  38. strong
  39. risky
  40. 17

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