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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 821 · 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 “Corn#River#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Drum@2017 (b) LampKiteShell15
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “lampboatvine76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Is “kite-rain-nest-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBellLotus25 (b) shelltigerseedgold
  7. 7.🗝️ 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Toast-Chai41 (b) Hill@10
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillSeedTent69 (b) Letmein#Neem27
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Lotus_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastWolfPlum61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitepearlmangofern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “Welcome-Pond54” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp@rain@pond@56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick.Lake.Vine34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Cloud.Tent.Nest35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_River21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Letmein-Wheel88” 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
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellSandNeem35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Lake@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Is “leaf@pond@vine@70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelPearlCloud83 (b) Fern-Lotus-2018
  24. 24.🔐 “Shell@14” 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
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “dustcornwolf38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan!Tent!41 (b) NeemTentShell67
  28. 28.🔐 “frogchaitoasttiger” 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
  29. 29.🔐 “kitefrogchai55” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “MangoHillLake12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Seed@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-14 (b) Chai!Moon!Bell88
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Neem-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “Saanvi-Mango-61” 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
  35. 35.🎂 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
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2017 (b) gold.leaf.rain.28
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferndrumdust58 (b) Vine.Wheel.Nest40
  38. 38.🔐 Is “toast-brick-frog-26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerfernbell27 (b) vine.drum.tent.55
  40. 40.🔐 Is “Bell#Shell#Rain39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. emojis
  3. LampKiteShell15
  4. 14
  5. strong
  6. BoatBellLotus25
  7. in your head
  8. Drum-Toast-Chai41
  9. HillSeedTent69
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. has a common word
  15. 17
  16. 17
  17. strong
  18. 4
  19. has a common word
  20. 3
  21. weak
  22. strong
  23. WheelPearlCloud83
  24. shorter than 12
  25. 7
  26. 14
  27. NeemTentShell67
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. strong
  31. 14
  32. Chai!Moon!Bell88
  33. 4
  34. has a name or year
  35. others can guess it
  36. gold.leaf.rain.28
  37. Vine.Wheel.Nest40
  38. strong
  39. vine.drum.tent.55
  40. strong

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