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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 963 · 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.🔐 Is “Letmein@Pond11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 Is “Pearl-Cloud-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  3. 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein36 (b) Wolf.Seed.Sand18
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Gold@Brick@Lotus77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  10. 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “KiteLeafWolf56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlLampRiver89 (b) drumrainnestwolf
  13. 13.🔐 Is “PearlRiverCorn49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Lotus69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “drumwheelmoon20” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Seed55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Lamp.Cloud.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  20. 20.🔐 “Hill.Vine.2010” 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
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “Ananya_Mango_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Pearl_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 “Nest@Bell@2017” 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
  25. 25.🔐 “Meera!Chai!66” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_drum_lotus_26 (b) tigersandtentfrog
  27. 27.🔐 “Tent-70” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlTigerKite40 (b) welcome86
  29. 29.🔐 “Admin!Lake57” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinetoastseeddrum (b) Hill-Chai-Lotus74
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusplumfern82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 “Vine-84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) fern@neem@moon@10
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “vinepondlotusbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  36. 36.🔐 Is “leafvinebrick60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 “pondlampsandtiger” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir@Hill@40 (b) gold.neem.rain.60
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Gold@24 (b) SeedTigerBrick35
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoriverwheel36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. weak
  3. 3
  4. 9
  5. emojis
  6. Wolf.Seed.Sand18
  7. 2
  8. strong
  9. in your head
  10. 12
  11. 14
  12. PearlLampRiver89
  13. strong
  14. 13
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 7
  17. 4
  18. weak
  19. risky
  20. has a name or year
  21. 9
  22. weak
  23. weak
  24. has a name or year
  25. has a name or year
  26. chai_drum_lotus_26
  27. shorter than 12
  28. PearlTigerKite40
  29. has a common word
  30. Hill-Chai-Lotus74
  31. 15
  32. shorter than 12
  33. fern@neem@moon@10
  34. 18
  35. others can guess it
  36. weak
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. gold.neem.rain.60
  39. SeedTigerBrick35
  40. 17

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