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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 921 · 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.🔐 “Neem-71” 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
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “ship-seed-kite-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  4. 4.🔐 “mangohillfrog83” 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
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinedrumbell83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “RainLotusChai73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlampshellpearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome16 (b) pearl@tiger@shell@21
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent.Wolf.2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Mango23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2011 (b) BoatDrumCorn77
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivermooncloudlamp (b) Mango_Lake_Bell58
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  16. 16.🔐 “Diya.Boat.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  17. 17.🔐 “Vihaan-Pearl-42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteshellsand38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “brickshiptigerfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔐 “Rain!Drum!2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_Vine_2017 (b) drum.pearl.dust.40
  22. 22.🔐 “Cloud#Kite#2014” 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.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 “chailotuscornship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!pond!seed!63 (b) Arjun2014
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudtigergold13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2012 (b) Neem.Fern.Gold15
  29. 29.🔐 “Sand_47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Lotus!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick.bell.pond.69 (b) Tara2017
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangotoastkitelamp (b) BellNeemPlum83
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “VineNeemGold33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Drum!30 (b) Lake.Tent.Boat45
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Cloud58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Leaf#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Letmein!Plum55” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudSandMango31 (b) Iloveyou#Plum26
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Vine57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. shorter than 12
  2. 17
  3. in your head
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 2
  6. 15
  7. 12
  8. 1
  9. pearl@tiger@shell@21
  10. 14
  11. 16
  12. BoatDrumCorn77
  13. Mango_Lake_Bell58
  14. 4
  15. others can guess it
  16. has a name or year
  17. has a name or year
  18. 15
  19. 18
  20. has a name or year
  21. drum.pearl.dust.40
  22. has a name or year
  23. emojis
  24. 2
  25. fewer than 3 kinds
  26. pearl!pond!seed!63
  27. 2
  28. Neem.Fern.Gold15
  29. shorter than 12
  30. 4
  31. brick.bell.pond.69
  32. BellNeemPlum83
  33. 14
  34. Lake.Tent.Boat45
  35. 16
  36. 4
  37. has a common word
  38. CloudSandMango31
  39. 4
  40. 12

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