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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 974 · 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 “Mango_Sand_Pond76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  2. 2.🔐 “pondlotusseedmoon” 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
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@Lamp@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Is “Dust!75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Brick#Tiger#Cloud89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlrainriverplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 “Iloveyou#Neem19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  9. 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
  10. 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Pearl@2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  11. 11.🔐 “Fern_86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Brick.47 (b) Mango-Rain-Brick19
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Kite16 (b) NeemSeedLake77
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondDrumFrog35 (b) Tiger#53
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine.Cloud.Toast67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumVineNeem85 (b) lotuswheelwolfcorn
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Vine-Brick22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “seedvinerainfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Leaf_Drum65 (b) fernfrograinnest
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Boat29 (b) Wolf_Wheel_Nest32
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Toast_Lake88 (b) Qwerty#Chai75
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Kite72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
  26. 26.🔐 “Frog!Toast!2015” 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
  27. 27.🔐 Is “password87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Wolf27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 “Diya_Rain_26” 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
  30. 30.🔐 “Tara!Corn!87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  31. 31.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
  32. 32.🔐 Is “password72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Boat-2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Brick-Lotus29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “cloudwheelgold21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 “Meera!Wolf!22” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Is “admin73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔐 Is “rainleafdrumgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔐 “Letmein.Bell69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. fewer than 3 kinds
  3. 4
  4. weak
  5. risky
  6. strong
  7. 1
  8. has a common word
  9. others can guess it
  10. 4
  11. shorter than 12
  12. Mango-Rain-Brick19
  13. NeemSeedLake77
  14. PondDrumFrog35
  15. 18
  16. PlumVineNeem85
  17. 8
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. 16
  21. Toast_Leaf_Drum65
  22. Wolf_Wheel_Nest32
  23. Bell_Toast_Lake88
  24. 14
  25. 3
  26. has a name or year
  27. weak
  28. 4
  29. has a name or year
  30. has a name or year
  31. in your head
  32. weak
  33. 4
  34. emojis
  35. 18
  36. weak
  37. has a name or year
  38. weak
  39. weak
  40. has a common word

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