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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 928 · 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.🔐 “Kabir#Lake#36” 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
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldplumdustseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Is “Boat-Nest-Lamp36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Fern@47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Fern27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Is “river#brick#pond#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellGoldSand79 (b) Kabir2015
  9. 9.🔐 “pearlmangowolf85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!13 (b) Brick!River!Plum58
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#moon#lamp#79 (b) Pond-78
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vineshellfrogpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 “pondtoastwheeldrum” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Plum.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “cloudcornseedriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Lotus-2013 (b) ShipFrogGold12
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@boat@rain@49 (b) Boat-50
  21. 21.🔐 “leafhilltiger21” 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
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Leaf-54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlShipSand13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 “Admin!Wolf21” 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
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
  27. 27.🔐 Is “MangoLeafNeem12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Frog40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “qwerty36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password76 (b) Ship!Pearl!Fern12
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “shipdrumtigervine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud#nest#lotus#14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “password24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Is “qwerty61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-65 (b) SeedTigerFern77
  40. 40.🔐 “Ship@Gold@2008” 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

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. 1
  3. strong
  4. weak
  5. 15
  6. strong
  7. 3
  8. BellGoldSand79
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. Brick!River!Plum58
  11. drum#moon#lamp#79
  12. 3
  13. others can guess it
  14. 1
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 14
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. in your head
  19. ShipFrogGold12
  20. tiger@boat@rain@49
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. 4
  23. 3
  24. has a common word
  25. 4
  26. 3
  27. strong
  28. 8
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. weak
  32. 12
  33. Ship!Pearl!Fern12
  34. 17
  35. 10
  36. 3
  37. weak
  38. weak
  39. SeedTigerFern77
  40. has a name or year

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