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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 909 · 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.🔐 “toastcornleaf82” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Gold.Lamp59 (b) Wolf-59
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lakewolfsand36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 “Vihaan-Rain-29” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Rain10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-cloud-lamp-83 (b) riverlampsand83
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Gold!Pearl30 (b) Wolf.22
  8. 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Fern#60 (b) vine_wheel_drum_54
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Leaf.Dust.Plum80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Diya.Cloud.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed_Cloud_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  13. 13.🔐 Is “River.Gold.Plum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!River!Lamp88 (b) Wolf-32
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “boatrivermangomoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipLotusRain19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest#79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_Hill_2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 “Password.Vine56” 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
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!Brick!Toast79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou55 (b) Leaf_River_Sand62
  23. 23.🔐 Is “FernSandMango57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Dust.Pearl75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔐 “tigerraindustlake” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Is “PearlRiverSand26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “River-Chai-Kite37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Neem.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_River_Cloud52 (b) Lamp_Nest_2013
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@30 (b) VinePlumLotus17
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverDustMango32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “pearlvinefernplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Is “boatcornmoon23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastcloudboatrain (b) Lotus.Mango.Cloud67
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest_dust_plum_20 (b) Aarav!River!88
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Sand72 (b) Drum#Moon#Gold54
  39. 39.🔐 “sandhillleaf80” 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
  40. 40.🔐 Is “pond-gold-toast-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. Sand.Gold.Lamp59
  3. 14
  4. has a name or year
  5. 4
  6. tiger-cloud-lamp-83
  7. Rain!Gold!Pearl30
  8. 3
  9. vine_wheel_drum_54
  10. strong
  11. weak
  12. 15
  13. strong
  14. others can guess it
  15. Moon!River!Lamp88
  16. 18
  17. 15
  18. 7
  19. 4
  20. has a common word
  21. 18
  22. Leaf_River_Sand62
  23. strong
  24. 3
  25. 18
  26. fewer than 3 kinds
  27. strong
  28. strong
  29. 12
  30. Fern_River_Cloud52
  31. VinePlumLotus17
  32. 16
  33. weak
  34. weak
  35. Lotus.Mango.Cloud67
  36. 8
  37. nest_dust_plum_20
  38. Drum#Moon#Gold54
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. strong

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