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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 932 · 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.🔐 “dustmangokite14” 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
  2. 2.🔐 “Neem-74” 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
  3. 3.🔐 “Wheel_Seed_2013” 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
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Tiger#Chai#Moon82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumNestLeaf21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
  7. 7.🔐 “moontigerleaffrog” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Cloud#Mango69 (b) Aarav2010
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Lake#46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Is “River_Seed_Cloud80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Neem35 (b) PearlRainPond79
  13. 13.🔐 “Brick.Lamp.2012” 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.🔐 “Admin.Frog60” 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
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-plum-toast-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusShellFern57 (b) Moon_Leaf_2010
  17. 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Is “DustPondShip86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Mango-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Is “leaf_mango_lake_60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Cloud!18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Welcome#Gold36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 Is “iloveyou22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Ship!Vine!River52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Bell42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 “Vihaan@River@35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  28. 28.🔐 “Ishaan-Moon-77” 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
  29. 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Kite#Rain#Lotus70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 “wolfmangogolddust” 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
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-River-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Drum@Kite@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Tiger32 (b) brick@rain@boat@16
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest@moon@cloud@16 (b) mangodrumboatnest
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Ishaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Drum-Nest12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Admin#Kite33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 Is “iloveyou23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. shorter than 12
  3. has a name or year
  4. strong
  5. 14
  6. in your head
  7. fewer than 3 kinds
  8. Shell#Cloud#Mango69
  9. 13
  10. strong
  11. emojis
  12. PearlRainPond79
  13. has a name or year
  14. has a common word
  15. 19
  16. LotusShellFern57
  17. 3
  18. 9
  19. strong
  20. 13
  21. strong
  22. 4
  23. weak
  24. weak
  25. strong
  26. weak
  27. has a name or year
  28. has a name or year
  29. others can guess it
  30. strong
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 2
  33. 4
  34. weak
  35. brick@rain@boat@16
  36. nest@moon@cloud@16
  37. weak
  38. 16
  39. weak
  40. weak

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