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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 897 · 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) Lake.Hill.Tiger34 (b) Iloveyou#Kite40
  2. 2.🔐 “rainlakefernpond” 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
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2018 (b) neem.boat.leaf.73
  4. 4.🔐 Is “PondNeemWheel23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Tiger_Nest_Toast43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustLampHill18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2014 (b) Nest.Kite.River15
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Chai-Boat-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  11. 11.🔐 “Gold-Neem-2011” 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) Ananya-Wolf-13 (b) moon.shell.lotus.73
  13. 13.🔐 Is “SandWheelShip29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Dust#Corn25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Is “pond-moon-lamp-89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 “leafwheelraindrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya.Gold.26 (b) Vine.Frog.Pearl69
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  22. 22.🔐 “wolfpondmoon68” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Chai#Neem#Kite62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafTigerSand67 (b) lamplakeneemfrog
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick#tiger#hill#58 (b) Corn#Fern#2012
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) laketentneemvine (b) MoonRainTent12
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dust!frog!rain!39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  30. 30.🔐 “Aarav-Drum-17” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “FrogSeedPlum47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 “goldbellcorn16” 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
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafCornPearl36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 “dusthillwheelwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Wolf.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogsandmango11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Arjun2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Dust#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerhillplumlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafPlumWheel17 (b) Meera2013

Answer key

  1. Lake.Hill.Tiger34
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. neem.boat.leaf.73
  4. strong
  5. strong
  6. 3
  7. in your head
  8. Nest.Kite.River15
  9. weak
  10. 3
  11. has a name or year
  12. moon.shell.lotus.73
  13. strong
  14. 16
  15. strong
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 2
  18. Vine.Frog.Pearl69
  19. weak
  20. 7
  21. emojis
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. strong
  24. 12
  25. LeafTigerSand67
  26. brick#tiger#hill#58
  27. MoonRainTent12
  28. 17
  29. others can guess it
  30. has a name or year
  31. strong
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. 3
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. 14
  36. 2
  37. weak
  38. 4
  39. 18
  40. LeafPlumWheel17

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