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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 102 · 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.

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  1. 1.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold_Wheel_Hill21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “nest.brick.frog.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
  4. 4.🔐 “Frog!12” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Sand.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp_42 (b) Cloud-Wolf-Sand83
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Rain@34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Bell31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustkitelakepearl (b) Dust.Kite.Toast32
  11. 11.🔐 “Tara_River_53” 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 “Nisha2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) in your head (d) on your notebook cover
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Pearl#Shell#Kite30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!Lotus!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  16. 16.🔐 “Iloveyou_Bell51” 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
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangobrickfern69 (b) Rain-Nest-Seed88
  18. 18.🔐 Is “lotusbrickpearldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonBellCloud21 (b) Neem.13
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Pearl76 (b) ShipLakeMango47
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Drum@Lake@Lamp89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus_cloud_seed_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Pond!20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty37 (b) PlumPondTiger24
  27. 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Tiger@Sand@Kite36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Kite.Wolf68 (b) shellfrogdustnest
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudshiptigerdrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “PlumBrickSand20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Chai!Mango61 (b) fernkiterainship
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “Ship#23” 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
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Tent28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Fern-Neem-Rain83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemshipvine40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Kite#Mango#River54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “cloudrainsandbell” 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
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Lamp#Wheel80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 12
  4. shorter than 12
  5. weak
  6. emojis
  7. Cloud-Wolf-Sand83
  8. 12
  9. 4
  10. Dust.Kite.Toast32
  11. has a name or year
  12. weak
  13. in your head
  14. strong
  15. 16
  16. has a common word
  17. Rain-Nest-Seed88
  18. weak
  19. 10
  20. others can guess it
  21. MoonBellCloud21
  22. ShipLakeMango47
  23. strong
  24. 19
  25. shorter than 12
  26. PlumPondTiger24
  27. risky
  28. strong
  29. Pond.Kite.Wolf68
  30. 18
  31. strong
  32. Rain!Chai!Mango61
  33. 7
  34. shorter than 12
  35. 15
  36. strong
  37. 2
  38. strong
  39. fewer than 3 kinds
  40. 4

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