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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 937 · 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.🔐 “lotustigerneem16” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigermangopearlboat (b) lamp@drum@dust@85
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Vine#Leaf40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 “Welcome@Frog67” 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
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-Rain-Lamp53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Boat@Plum@2009” 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
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Rain31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔐 “Toast@Boat@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  9. 9.🔐 Is “vinedustshell36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Rain57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Saanvi@Frog@11” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Ship.Tiger65 (b) password85
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.Seed.Moon10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “shellmangotoast13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “RainCloudNest48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “Aarav-Neem-37” 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
  19. 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerpondsand20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus-tent-leaf-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel#moon#tent#32 (b) Vihaan!Toast!65
  25. 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Tara2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Shell#Bell#2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Welcome!Hill42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “LampCloudNeem86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Kabir.Tent.89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “admin42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelcloudpearl24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf@lake@fern@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.River.30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipDustCorn14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!dust!shell!74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 “Ishaan.Corn.38” 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
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Lamp@Plum60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Pond@Hill26 (b) Frog_82

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. lamp@drum@dust@85
  3. 16
  4. has a common word
  5. 16
  6. has a name or year
  7. 13
  8. has a name or year
  9. weak
  10. 4
  11. has a name or year
  12. Cloud.Ship.Tiger65
  13. 4
  14. 17
  15. 10
  16. 15
  17. 4
  18. has a name or year
  19. emojis
  20. 12
  21. 15
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. wheel#moon#tent#32
  25. others can guess it
  26. weak
  27. weak
  28. weak
  29. 15
  30. weak
  31. 7
  32. 2
  33. 17
  34. 15
  35. 3
  36. 3
  37. has a name or year
  38. 7
  39. 17
  40. Drum@Pond@Hill26

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