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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 839 · 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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Toast@Dust28 (b) Qwerty_Pearl82
  3. 3.🔐 “Admin-Wheel25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 4.🔐 Is “ToastDrumDust25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Nest65 (b) SandWheelVine21
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha.Rain.75 (b) Chai.Dust.Pond78
  9. 9.🔐 “Tara#Cloud#15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Admin@Tiger50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) wolf-vine-wheel-49
  13. 13.🔐 Is “Chai_Seed_Vine47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Is “PlumLakeNest85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Is “password52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “riverleafcorncloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#gold#mango#27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Wolf-Boat-Drum26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Frog73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “shellpondriverwheel” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Is “NestFrogShell20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 “Mango_25” 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
  25. 25.🔐 “Wolf-71” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “vine#boat#lake#47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “boatmangobell62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Pearl.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Moon@Lake@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 “shellcorndustmango” 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 “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Welcome!Boat38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Mango#Tiger#Boat13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “Tiger-Pond-2017” 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
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “tigercloudriverhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornwolfmango30 (b) BrickCornTent19
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty53 (b) FernDrumShip64
  39. 39.🔐 Is “mangobrickpearl30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Is “PondRiverShip78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. others can guess it
  2. Pond@Toast@Dust28
  3. has a common word
  4. strong
  5. 3
  6. SandWheelVine21
  7. 3
  8. Chai.Dust.Pond78
  9. has a name or year
  10. 4
  11. has a common word
  12. wolf-vine-wheel-49
  13. strong
  14. strong
  15. weak
  16. 18
  17. 9
  18. 3
  19. risky
  20. strong
  21. 4
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. strong
  24. shorter than 12
  25. shorter than 12
  26. strong
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 4
  29. in your head
  30. weak
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 3
  33. weak
  34. strong
  35. has a name or year
  36. 19
  37. BrickCornTent19
  38. FernDrumShip64
  39. weak
  40. strong

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