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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 908 · 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.🔐 “drumsandcloudplum” 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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Lake#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus#Chai#Moon42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Rohan2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Lotus@Wheel55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Password@Shell71” 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
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-wolf-lotus-63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belllotuspond27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Moon52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Fern@2015 (b) seed.lamp.toast.11
  12. 12.🔐 Is “lamp.wheel.wolf.74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Wolf@Pond88 (b) River!14
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_Leaf_46 (b) Bell@Shell@Kite60
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine!plum!tiger!87 (b) dustpondplumgold
  16. 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangocloudgoldwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “Boat@Neem@2008” 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
  19. 19.🎂 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
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Nest_Cloud13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Brick_Neem86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Neem#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 “Iloveyou_Bell42” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “moonlotuspondlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir!Drum!65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Cloud@Corn12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampFernGold29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_Cloud_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  31. 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
  32. 32.🔐 Is “corn!sand!bell!24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Nest#54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “toastfrogtigersand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 “Arjun.Seed.50” 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
  36. 36.🔐 “Brick!Seed!2008” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “lampwolfriver59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
  39. 39.🔐 Is “iloveyou41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 Is “KiteBrickHill88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. 4
  3. 4
  4. weak
  5. 18
  6. has a common word
  7. 19
  8. 2
  9. emojis
  10. 4
  11. seed.lamp.toast.11
  12. strong
  13. Ship@Wolf@Pond88
  14. Bell@Shell@Kite60
  15. vine!plum!tiger!87
  16. risky
  17. 1
  18. has a name or year
  19. others can guess it
  20. 18
  21. 4
  22. weak
  23. has a common word
  24. 17
  25. 13
  26. 18
  27. 8
  28. 3
  29. 15
  30. in your head
  31. 3
  32. strong
  33. 4
  34. weak
  35. has a name or year
  36. has a name or year
  37. weak
  38. 12
  39. weak
  40. strong

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