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Password Security Quiz

Everything online requires a password. How do you create a secure password? Do all of your online accounts require a different password? How do you keep track of them all? Take this quiz to find out how savvy you are when it comes to password security! Feel free to take the quiz several times. Each time you try, the quiz will contain a different set of IT security questions. Good Luck!

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1. True or False? A strong password consists of at least eight characters (and the more characters, the stronger the password). There should be a combination of letters - uppercase and lowercase, numbers and symbols (@, #, $, %, etc.).

True

False

Question 1 of 5

2. True or False. You receive an email from the IT department at your company asking you for your password to log into a secure area in your office. Since the email came from IT, it is okay to reply to the email with the information requested.

True

False

Question 2 of 5

3. Which of these passwords would be considered strong? Choose the best answer.

nancy0167

Ch33t@h5

Password123

654321

Question 3 of 5

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4. Which of the following are ways that information can fall into the wrong hands? There may be more than one correct answer.

Sending wrong attachments

Creating weak passwords

Lost or stolen devices

Adding the wrong recipients to an email

Question 4 of 5

5. Which of the following is a true statement?

Passwords only need to be changed if they have been compromised.

Only passwords that are too easy (think 1234567 or yourname123) should be changed.

Stale accounts should be removed, as they are generally unmonitored and become a vulnerability.

Passwords should be changed every 6 months, or if they are compromised.

Question 5 of 5

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