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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 945 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellRainWheel71 (b) Mango-60
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 Is “River_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Ship@55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest-Shell-River14 (b) leaflamphillship
  6. 6.🔐 “toastnesthill76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) Moon-Ship-Corn51
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha#Leaf#70 (b) SandWheelLake59
  9. 9.🔐 “lotuschairiver46” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteLeafShip24 (b) Letmein-Lamp44
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🗝️ 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
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “leafbrickseed24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔐 Is “welcome11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandKiteFern89 (b) Qwerty.Tiger36
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Vihaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentplummango17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Letmein.Fern30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  20. 20.🎂 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
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “toastmangowolf41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 “Qwerty_Rain86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  23. 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
  24. 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Frog.Nest.2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedSandMango11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password21 (b) PearlFernPond78
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudneemchaiseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Lamp_Frog_2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Rain@Fern@2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 “Password@Frog47” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Frog.2015 (b) mango@fern@drum@69
  34. 34.🔐 “Rohan@Shell@13” 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Letmein.Sand84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Is “Bell@Lamp@Plum24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🔐 Is “ShipRainLeaf80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 “fernwolfboatriver” 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

Answer key

  1. BellRainWheel71
  2. 7
  3. weak
  4. weak
  5. Nest-Shell-River14
  6. fewer than 3 kinds
  7. Moon-Ship-Corn51
  8. SandWheelLake59
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. KiteLeafShip24
  11. 9
  12. in your head
  13. 15
  14. weak
  15. SandKiteFern89
  16. weak
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. has a common word
  20. others can guess it
  21. 16
  22. has a common word
  23. risky
  24. 3
  25. weak
  26. 15
  27. 10
  28. PearlFernPond78
  29. 1
  30. weak
  31. weak
  32. has a common word
  33. mango@fern@drum@69
  34. has a name or year
  35. weak
  36. 7
  37. strong
  38. 9
  39. strong
  40. fewer than 3 kinds

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