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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 998 · 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) PondPlumBell29 (b) goldwolftentcorn
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPearlCloud48 (b) rainwolfkite49
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill@boat@lake@84 (b) Nisha_Hill_55
  5. 5.🔐 Is “iloveyou20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 Is “rainneempearl71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Shell.Pearl11 (b) cloudfrogfern25
  8. 8.🔐 Is “wheeltigervine70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 “dustbrickdrum31” 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.🔐 “Iloveyou_Seed59” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@River@2018 (b) bell!frog!pond!77
  12. 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  13. 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!Nest!Tiger38 (b) Aarav2008
  16. 16.🔐 Is “wheel_hill_tent_76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔐 “wheellotuscornriver” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine@tent@drum@70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Is “wheel-plum-ship-63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Tara2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “river.moon.shell.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustvinedrum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Sand75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty13 (b) Leaf@Plum@Tent56
  26. 26.🔐 “Iloveyou-Wheel51” 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
  27. 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Mango.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 “Iloveyou!Dust10” 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
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Drum_81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 “Lamp#78” 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
  32. 32.🔐 Is “Shell#Corn#Lamp71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Tiger-17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedBrickHill37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 “Ananya.Dust.26” 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
  37. 37.🔐 Is “hill-fern-cloud-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Lake_Vine60 (b) pearllotusrainwheel
  39. 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  40. 40.🔐 “Rohan_Cloud_40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word

Answer key

  1. PondPlumBell29
  2. 2
  3. SeedPearlCloud48
  4. hill@boat@lake@84
  5. weak
  6. weak
  7. Seed.Shell.Pearl11
  8. weak
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. has a common word
  11. bell!frog!pond!77
  12. 3
  13. risky
  14. 3
  15. Pearl!Nest!Tiger38
  16. strong
  17. fewer than 3 kinds
  18. 3
  19. strong
  20. weak
  21. emojis
  22. 19
  23. 2
  24. 4
  25. Leaf@Plum@Tent56
  26. has a common word
  27. others can guess it
  28. 4
  29. has a common word
  30. 4
  31. shorter than 12
  32. strong
  33. 12
  34. 4
  35. 3
  36. has a name or year
  37. strong
  38. Pearl_Lake_Vine60
  39. in your head
  40. has a name or year

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