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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 926 · 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.🔐 “Diya@Chai@56” 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.🗝️ 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
  3. 3.🔐 “Arjun-Kite-17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  4. 4.🔐 Is “PlumFernTent50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “sand-moon-neem-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@Pond@Tiger22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Brick71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Nest-Neem-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Welcome-Corn52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Kite-Dust-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔐 “neemgoldvinemoon” 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
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Toast67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “goldfernmango75” 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
  15. 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  16. 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  17. 17.🔐 Is “iloveyou86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Is “dust_nest_hill_71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 “Tent@Moon@2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Moon14 (b) wheel.kite.seed.17
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest.Bell.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “lamptoastplum44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  23. 23.🔐 Is “corn_tiger_vine_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Wolf15 (b) sand@pearl@pond@71
  25. 25.🔐 “Brick@Pearl@2010” 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
  26. 26.🔐 “Iloveyou!Lotus87” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#24 (b) DustPearlWolf66
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudToastFern64 (b) Rohan.Lake.64
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.53 (b) hill@lamp@corn@85
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellTigerCloud26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2018 (b) ShellNeemTiger38
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Saanvi2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Nest@2014 (b) PlumDrumNeem16
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferntoastwolf58 (b) LotusWolfTent70
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger#Brick#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Letmein@Dust26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#Lake#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Plum59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickRainWolf17 (b) qwerty44

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. in your head
  3. has a name or year
  4. strong
  5. 17
  6. 4
  7. 14
  8. weak
  9. emojis
  10. weak
  11. weak
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. 4
  14. fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 12
  16. others can guess it
  17. weak
  18. strong
  19. has a name or year
  20. wheel.kite.seed.17
  21. 4
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. strong
  24. sand@pearl@pond@71
  25. has a name or year
  26. has a common word
  27. DustPearlWolf66
  28. CloudToastFern64
  29. hill@lamp@corn@85
  30. 3
  31. ShellNeemTiger38
  32. weak
  33. 3
  34. PlumDrumNeem16
  35. LotusWolfTent70
  36. 16
  37. weak
  38. 4
  39. 4
  40. BrickRainWolf17

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