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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 912 · 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.🔐 “Lamp-Fern-2018” 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
  2. 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Rohan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “hilllamptoastbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Shell!Boat!Vine29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Wheel#Tent67 (b) Nisha2009
  7. 7.🔐 “Frog-83” 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
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Vihaan-Plum-19” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain_Vine_Lake76 (b) iloveyou28
  11. 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
  12. 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@cloud@chai@71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Mango!Fern73 (b) Ananya2010
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.mango.fern.24 (b) Tent-64
  17. 17.🔐 “dustlaketent19” 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
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Seed-20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “fernfroglaketiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
  22. 22.🔐 Is “ChaiToastFrog53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Vine.2011 (b) fern@sand@kite@74
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Corn#Chai20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 Is “NeemSandPlum32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai@Wheel@Hill24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellkitemangowolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “CornTentPearl42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Lotus83 (b) cloud-toast-bell-49
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Nest78 (b) LampCloudWheel20
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Seed-Lamp32 (b) qwerty61
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Shell!Lamp84 (b) Arjun-Frog-15
  33. 33.🔐 “Kabir-Kite-26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Dust!10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “plumneembrickpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “toastneemkite17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  39. 39.🔐 Is “drum!dust!lake!43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “wolffrogcornmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. emojis
  3. weak
  4. weak
  5. strong
  6. Gold#Wheel#Tent67
  7. shorter than 12
  8. 4
  9. has a name or year
  10. Rain_Vine_Lake76
  11. 12
  12. others can guess it
  13. 19
  14. Lotus!Mango!Fern73
  15. 2
  16. leaf.mango.fern.24
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 7
  19. 4
  20. weak
  21. risky
  22. strong
  23. fern@sand@kite@74
  24. 16
  25. strong
  26. 17
  27. 1
  28. 15
  29. cloud-toast-bell-49
  30. LampCloudWheel20
  31. Tiger-Seed-Lamp32
  32. Nest!Shell!Lamp84
  33. has a name or year
  34. weak
  35. 18
  36. 3
  37. weak
  38. in your head
  39. strong
  40. 17

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