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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 935 · 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 characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Ananya.Lamp.56” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldtigership20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “hillleafriversand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password87 (b) CloudSeedSand26
  6. 6.🔐 Is “RainPondDrum62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  8. 8.🔐 Is “toast@mango@seed@38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Tiger85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Tiger@Pearl@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Wolf-Tiger56 (b) frograinlotus71
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakesandhillpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustoastkitefern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “pond-bell-fern-17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Vine_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Lotus!Pearl30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogSeedBoat32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Drum14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerHillKite23 (b) Qwerty-Toast33
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricksandnest64 (b) kite!lotus!hill!69
  28. 28.🔐 Is “river#neem#lamp#20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedNeemRiver31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “toastshellsand15” 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
  31. 31.🔐 “Password@Cloud36” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Drum!Kite!Moon44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “password24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondLakeSand84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 “Mango@29” 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
  36. 36.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Chai_2014 (b) frog#lake#lotus#12
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@lake@moon@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. has a name or year
  3. 2
  4. weak
  5. CloudSeedSand26
  6. strong
  7. in your head
  8. strong
  9. 4
  10. 12
  11. weak
  12. Wheel-Wolf-Tiger56
  13. 1
  14. 7
  15. 1
  16. emojis
  17. 17
  18. weak
  19. 18
  20. 3
  21. weak
  22. 8
  23. 3
  24. 4
  25. TigerHillKite23
  26. 4
  27. kite!lotus!hill!69
  28. strong
  29. 15
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. has a common word
  32. strong
  33. 10
  34. 3
  35. shorter than 12
  36. others can guess it
  37. 8
  38. frog#lake#lotus#12
  39. weak
  40. 18

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