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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 995 · 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 “letmein53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-brick-dust-58 (b) Pearl#48
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernfrogplum54 (b) bell_fern_gold_80
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou55 (b) seed.bell.neem.55
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Bell!Pearl!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_shell_boat_19 (b) Nisha2015
  8. 8.🗝️ 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
  9. 9.🔐 Is “NestFrogLake12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔐 “lamptentboat30” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “Kite!38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan@Boat@86 (b) VinePearlRiver21
  14. 14.🔐 “Toast#59” 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
  15. 15.🔐 “mangosandpond76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “sandgoldmoon61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 “Neem.40” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemkitefrog20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Is “toastshellcloudnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river-kite-neem-29 (b) welcome85
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick.fern.gold.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Is “toasthillpearltiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “RainCloudChai62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Corn!37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Lake@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “fernneemcloud14” 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
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Gold.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Toast@12” 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
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Leaf@59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Is “pondmangocloud34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Welcome@Tent37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  36. 36.🔐 “Iloveyou.Moon64” 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
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf#wheel#frog#37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteMangoNest45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔐 “hilllampboat78” 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
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. 12
  3. frog-brick-dust-58
  4. bell_fern_gold_80
  5. seed.bell.neem.55
  6. weak
  7. kite_shell_boat_19
  8. in your head
  9. strong
  10. weak
  11. fewer than 3 kinds
  12. weak
  13. VinePearlRiver21
  14. shorter than 12
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 14
  17. shorter than 12
  18. 2
  19. weak
  20. river-kite-neem-29
  21. 3
  22. weak
  23. 15
  24. 3
  25. emojis
  26. 4
  27. 15
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. 13
  30. shorter than 12
  31. 13
  32. weak
  33. 10
  34. weak
  35. 3
  36. has a common word
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. others can guess it

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