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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 925 · 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast@Brick@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudNeemKite58 (b) Diya!Mango!64
  4. 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Wheel.Lotus.Nest87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Is “lotuscornrain61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastbellship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “Ananya_Shell_10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  9. 9.🗝️ 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Neem@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Is “GoldLotusLake60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  13. 13.🔐 “lampleafpearllake” 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
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Pearl51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Hill-26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#86 (b) NestPondWheel32
  17. 17.🔐 “kiteshellwolf48” 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
  18. 18.🔐 Is “mango_lotus_boat_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 “Iloveyou-Frog16” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Admin.Gold77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudPondLamp57 (b) Saanvi2012
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffrogplumlamp (b) Brick-Moon-Frog17
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!62 (b) Sand-Lamp-Tiger46
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “goldmangocornbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Gold.River.2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Kite.2009 (b) LampPearlFern30
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern#Seed#Moon59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Bell_49 (b) River-Pond-Wheel56
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipPearlTent81 (b) welcome46
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Brick29 (b) lotus-vine-plum-22
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Neem-Nest32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “NestBoatPlum30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “goldvineplum32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Cloud-Moon17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “wolfchaiboat80” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Lamp#Boat#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 “clouddustneemchai” 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

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. others can guess it
  3. CloudNeemKite58
  4. 3
  5. strong
  6. weak
  7. 1
  8. has a name or year
  9. in your head
  10. 12
  11. 10
  12. strong
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 15
  15. 4
  16. NestPondWheel32
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. strong
  19. has a common word
  20. weak
  21. CloudPondLamp57
  22. Brick-Moon-Frog17
  23. Sand-Lamp-Tiger46
  24. 18
  25. has a name or year
  26. LampPearlFern30
  27. 16
  28. River-Pond-Wheel56
  29. emojis
  30. ShipPearlTent81
  31. lotus-vine-plum-22
  32. 2
  33. 4
  34. 14
  35. weak
  36. 17
  37. 3
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. weak
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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