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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 88 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Lake!Fern72 (b) Ananya.Lotus.69
  2. 2.🔐 Is “lotussandmango24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Boat74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Fern.Chai.Frog89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 “bellpearlchaitoast” 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
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivertoastmoon12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🎂 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
  8. 8.🔐 “Bell#28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  9. 9.🔐 “Arjun.Cloud.24” 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
  10. 10.🔐 “mangoleaftigerfern” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Pearl@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 “nestcornleafcloud” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-fern-cloud-26 (b) Diya!Brick!50
  14. 14.🔐 “Qwerty.Plum89” 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
  15. 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Boat_Sand59 (b) Meera2008
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#Shell#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Nisha2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “lotus-tiger-lake-21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 “tigerrainmoontent” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineDustNeem56 (b) Iloveyou#Tiger32
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Pond.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “frog!tiger!brick!54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-81 (b) Seed#Pond#Fern33
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Lamp41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
  29. 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
  30. 30.🔐 “Hill!20” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Is “goldmangotent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Arjun2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 “Meera.Leaf.62” 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
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Wheel@Vine@Pond16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 “Corn#Vine#2018” 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
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickseedriver16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Nest.Moon50 (b) shelldusttent64

Answer key

  1. Ship!Lake!Fern72
  2. weak
  3. 4
  4. strong
  5. fewer than 3 kinds
  6. 2
  7. others can guess it
  8. shorter than 12
  9. has a name or year
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. weak
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. lamp-fern-cloud-26
  14. has a common word
  15. 12
  16. Kite_Boat_Sand59
  17. 15
  18. 3
  19. weak
  20. 10
  21. strong
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. VineDustNeem56
  24. 4
  25. strong
  26. Seed#Pond#Fern33
  27. 13
  28. in your head
  29. risky
  30. shorter than 12
  31. 7
  32. weak
  33. weak
  34. weak
  35. has a name or year
  36. weak
  37. strong
  38. has a name or year
  39. 2
  40. Pond.Nest.Moon50

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