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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 890 · 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.🔐 “Ishaan.Lamp.41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.kite.nest.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Is “River@51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 “shellhillkiterain” 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
  5. 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
  6. 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
  7. 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudlamppondhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Ship.Wheel.2012” 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
  10. 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Aarav2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Kite-Fern84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandshellseedvine (b) Seed_Chai_Neem18
  15. 15.🔐 “Mango-Wolf-2009” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Shell!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “Chai.67” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain!bell!neem!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “dustneemlakefrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “Toast-Brick-2013” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Vihaan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain.Pearl.Mango15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.Frog.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Kite.Cloud23 (b) Fern_38
  29. 29.🔐 “Neem@30” 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
  30. 30.🔐 “neemtigermango17” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “lamp!tent!neem!83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Is “BoatMoonGold67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Is “moontentlampsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheellotusgoldboat (b) seed!lake!drum!21
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome58 (b) tiger-moon-nest-80
  36. 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.Mango.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 “Gold_Mango_2015” 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
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Lamp-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 3
  3. weak
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 12
  6. others can guess it
  7. risky
  8. 17
  9. has a name or year
  10. in your head
  11. weak
  12. 4
  13. emojis
  14. Seed_Chai_Neem18
  15. has a name or year
  16. 15
  17. shorter than 12
  18. 10
  19. 3
  20. 16
  21. has a name or year
  22. weak
  23. 18
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. 7
  27. 3
  28. Shell.Kite.Cloud23
  29. shorter than 12
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. strong
  32. strong
  33. weak
  34. seed!lake!drum!21
  35. tiger-moon-nest-80
  36. 3
  37. 7
  38. 15
  39. has a name or year
  40. 15

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