Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 853 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold#Rain#2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon-rain-mango-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
4. 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
5. 5.🔐 “Boat#Lake#2009” 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
6. 6.🔐 “plumtentkite13” 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
7. 7.🔐 Is “PondShellBoat30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
8. 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Chai!14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Sand.Wheel59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
12. 12.🔐 Is “iloveyou80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf_Dust_Shell10 (b) lakewheelfrog60
14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Lake-2015 (b) NeemCloudCorn65
15. 15.🔐 Is “gold_lake_hill_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mooncloudsand51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
17. 17.🔐 “belltentwheel26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.Neem.Brick29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) CloudPearlSand28
20. 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
21. 21.🔐 “kiteriverdustrain” 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
22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangocloudleaf18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
23. 23.🔐 “sandwolfkite41” 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
24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lampcloudrainhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerChaiMango68 (b) qwerty80
26. 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
27. 27.🔐 Is “password76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
28. 28.🔐 Is “DustKiteMoon43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteShipNest34 (b) Rain-13
30. 30.🔐 Is “Corn-Bell-2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
31. 31.🔐 “Corn.Brick.2018” 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
32. 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2014 (b) Plum@Nest@Lotus88
34. 34.🔐 Is “brick#sand#lake#63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
35. 35.🔐 Is “Rain-Ship-Tiger40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
36. 36.🔐 “Letmein!Bell51” 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
37. 37.🔐 Is “brick!pearl!tiger!52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
38. 38.🔐 “Kite_46” 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
39. 39.🔐 Is “Chai.Nest.Pond28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@80 (b) LampPlumVine53

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