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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 900 · 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.🔐 “Corn@Lake@2011” 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
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipDrumLake59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Kabir-Rain-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_Lamp_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Lotus_Wheel13 (b) Kabir-Sand-12
  6. 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  7. 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Vine!Chai!2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “FernShipNeem12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 “Aarav#Ship#71” 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
  11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “DustBrickVine32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “chai.wolf.cloud.48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Rain_80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Is “hill-frog-tiger-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlwolfferndust (b) sand-gold-rain-50
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Wolf_16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “VineFernChai46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellBrickLake48 (b) Tara@Frog@68
  21. 21.🔐 Is “LampFernMango68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  22. 22.🔐 Is “NestMangoDrum53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@rain@drum@21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlMangoWolf32 (b) Admin.Vine88
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Toast@Wolf82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Fern@2014 (b) Dust_Tent_Vine44
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondbrickwolf89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Leaf@Gold@River37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Fern@77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “plumseedmango44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “frogshiptoastlake” 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
  34. 34.🔐 “mangomoonhillchai” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelDustKite46 (b) goldshellnestchai
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill!river!bell!76 (b) mooncloudtoast78
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2010 (b) fern-rain-wheel-24
  39. 39.🔐 “belldrummoon20” 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
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 14
  3. weak
  4. 13
  5. Frog_Lotus_Wheel13
  6. emojis
  7. 3
  8. weak
  9. 14
  10. has a name or year
  11. risky
  12. 15
  13. strong
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. strong
  17. sand-gold-rain-50
  18. 4
  19. 14
  20. ShellBrickLake48
  21. strong
  22. strong
  23. 2
  24. 18
  25. PearlMangoWolf32
  26. 17
  27. Dust_Tent_Vine44
  28. 2
  29. 12
  30. strong
  31. weak
  32. 15
  33. fewer than 3 kinds
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. WheelDustKite46
  36. hill!river!bell!76
  37. 8
  38. fern-rain-wheel-24
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. others can guess it

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