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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 969 · 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) Lotus@Lamp@Moon59 (b) Tara2013
  2. 2.🔐 “Pond_26” 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
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Cloud#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
  6. 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  7. 7.🔐 Is “Dust#12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiTentWheel61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boat.chai.ship.83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Sand-2015 (b) Drum.Toast.Ship77
  11. 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainshiptent73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Frog-Gold88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Lamp@Cloud62 (b) Diya!Gold!21
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerdusthill88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#Ship#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!cloud!ship!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 Is “seed_wheel_plum_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 “Ananya_Rain_11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  20. 20.🔐 “Aarav@Rain@25” 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
  21. 21.🔐 “Iloveyou-Lake72” 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
  22. 22.🔐 “neemplumlampleaf” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “Cloud-Rain-2017” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Corn@Hill50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Rain@46 (b) Dust@Lotus@Drum57
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 “Sand.Pond.2011” 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
  28. 28.🔐 Is “neemsandtent83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondrummangoplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Corn-Pearl-Vine12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemlakegold80 (b) DustWolfGold44
  33. 33.🔐 Is “Boat#Shell#2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Brick-29 (b) neem!rain!cloud!67
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Dust76 (b) Bell_Plum_Kite61
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Bell27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill!pearl!vine!53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔢 How many characters are in “DustMangoBrick33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  39. 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  40. 40.🔐 Is “brickcloudseed33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak

Answer key

  1. Lotus@Lamp@Moon59
  2. shorter than 12
  3. 10
  4. weak
  5. in your head
  6. 12
  7. weak
  8. 3
  9. 3
  10. Drum.Toast.Ship77
  11. risky
  12. 2
  13. 4
  14. Bell@Lamp@Cloud62
  15. 15
  16. 14
  17. 3
  18. strong
  19. has a name or year
  20. has a name or year
  21. has a common word
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. has a name or year
  24. 4
  25. Dust@Lotus@Drum57
  26. 7
  27. has a name or year
  28. weak
  29. 1
  30. emojis
  31. strong
  32. DustWolfGold44
  33. weak
  34. neem!rain!cloud!67
  35. Bell_Plum_Kite61
  36. 15
  37. 3
  38. 16
  39. 3
  40. weak

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