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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 110 · 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 “Seed-River-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “cornfernriverbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlNeemMango49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “drumsandhillshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain!nest!wolf!66 (b) Qwerty-Mango62
  10. 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernNeemDust46 (b) Tara2013
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Seed_2009 (b) BrickFrogNest84
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandbrickwolf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Is “brickwolfkite61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Brick.Chai.Cloud44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 “Kite.52” 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
  17. 17.🔐 “Fern!Plum!2009” 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
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein!Pond34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2014 (b) LotusDrumLeaf41
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “corndrumchai16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara@Drum@10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Frog-Wheel-Plum38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “LeafChaiMoon61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  26. 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Bell_Ship29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Is “Ananya!Rain!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Kite-Plum-2011” 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
  31. 31.🔐 “Neem-37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “corn#wheel#lamp#74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 “Moon@75” 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
  34. 34.🔐 Is “Sand.Lake.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Hill!Pond81 (b) Mango-53
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Sand@Seed@Rain53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔐 “frogplumkitemango” 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
  38. 38.🔐 Is “frogleafwolf85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 “Saanvi!Lake!71” 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
  40. 40.🔐 “Password.Frog12” 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

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 7
  3. 7
  4. weak
  5. 3
  6. weak
  7. 12
  8. 7
  9. rain!nest!wolf!66
  10. others can guess it
  11. FernNeemDust46
  12. BrickFrogNest84
  13. 2
  14. weak
  15. strong
  16. shorter than 12
  17. has a name or year
  18. 4
  19. LotusDrumLeaf41
  20. 14
  21. 9
  22. 4
  23. in your head
  24. strong
  25. strong
  26. risky
  27. 17
  28. weak
  29. 9
  30. has a name or year
  31. shorter than 12
  32. 18
  33. shorter than 12
  34. weak
  35. Cloud!Hill!Pond81
  36. strong
  37. fewer than 3 kinds
  38. weak
  39. has a name or year
  40. has a common word

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