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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 825 · 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 “Pond_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 Is “boatwheelfernpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔐 “Plum-River-2009” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Pond62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentMangoKite57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Fern#2010 (b) Shell@Neem@Fern30
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBoatMango24 (b) Mango@14
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “HillRiverShell25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Kabir#Fern#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔐 “Password-Lake28” 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
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain_shell_plum_85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Shell.16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “ChaiSandRain19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “corncloudtigernest” 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
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  17. 17.🔐 Is “leaf@lamp@corn@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  18. 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Neem_Leaf12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiVineLotus17 (b) lotusrainvine59
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern@lake@pond@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “leafdrumwheelshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “Vine#52” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Drum.Pearl20 (b) tenthillbellnest
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “plum-rain-nest-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastLeafLamp10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Corn-2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangosanddustriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “moonleafhillgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “toast@neem@pearl@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Plum#Cloud20 (b) Iloveyou.Mango61
  34. 34.🔐 “Moon!88” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf_22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Toast#Ship#Cloud41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Moon!2010 (b) TentKiteGold31
  38. 38.🔐 “pondtigerseedriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  39. 39.🔐 “Pond@86” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Is “qwerty44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. weak
  3. has a name or year
  4. weak
  5. 3
  6. Shell@Neem@Fern30
  7. DustBoatMango24
  8. 16
  9. weak
  10. has a common word
  11. 3
  12. 4
  13. strong
  14. 4
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. risky
  17. strong
  18. others can guess it
  19. 16
  20. ChaiVineLotus17
  21. 3
  22. 18
  23. shorter than 12
  24. 3
  25. Tent.Drum.Pearl20
  26. 17
  27. 15
  28. 4
  29. 1
  30. 16
  31. strong
  32. 12
  33. Gold#Plum#Cloud20
  34. shorter than 12
  35. 7
  36. strong
  37. TentKiteGold31
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. shorter than 12
  40. weak

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