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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 820 · 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 “chaipearlcloudwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Fern46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 “Plum@75” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Is “neemchaiship23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  7. 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverBrickSand22 (b) letmein10
  9. 9.🔐 Is “ShipVinePlum50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumRiverTiger32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestLotusGold42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBrickCloud18 (b) Iloveyou@Dust62
  13. 13.🔐 Is “rain#vine#sand#84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔐 “Tiger#Dust#2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  15. 15.🔐 “brickfernplum22” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Drum@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedNeemMango24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite#seed#frog#29 (b) Ishaan!River!60
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldriverbell39 (b) Frog@Seed@Boat28
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sanddustraincloud (b) RiverCornToast25
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Wheel!Mango65 (b) Welcome!Tiger30
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “shellcornbellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustoastfrogboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinetoastchai25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 “Admin!Moon19” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Meera!Mango!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Is “lotus#lamp#kite#72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!tiger!lotus!55 (b) Aarav2017
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “admin40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  32. 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  33. 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-Toast-Wolf17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Lotus87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Lake11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “goldboatriver23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumlampfrognest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 “tentlakekite20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 40.🔐 Is “tent_shell_vine_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. in your head
  3. 4
  4. shorter than 12
  5. weak
  6. others can guess it
  7. 12
  8. RiverBrickSand22
  9. strong
  10. 16
  11. 3
  12. DustBrickCloud18
  13. strong
  14. has a name or year
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 13
  17. emojis
  18. 3
  19. kite#seed#frog#29
  20. Frog@Seed@Boat28
  21. RiverCornToast25
  22. Ship!Wheel!Mango65
  23. 18
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. has a common word
  27. weak
  28. strong
  29. fern!tiger!lotus!55
  30. 7
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. risky
  34. 17
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. weak
  38. 1
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. strong

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