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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 113 · 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 “lamphilltoast39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Mango-29” 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
  3. 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusshelltiger52 (b) tiger_dust_river_55
  7. 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  8. 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Moon82 (b) MoonLeafDrum25
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Lamp@Pond11 (b) Fern_19
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship#Lamp#Vine37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 “Seed_Plum_2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  12. 12.🔐 “Pond@Ship@2013” 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
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Chai-Cloud52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Tent@Shell12 (b) Brick-26
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) chai#lotus#lamp#32
  18. 18.🔐 “tigernestrainplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  19. 19.🔐 “Diya!Corn!76” 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
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-plum-tent-58 (b) neemmangokitelotus
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-shell-hill-42 (b) Saanvi2009
  23. 23.🔐 Is “nestleafwolfgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “admin33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Hill.63” 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
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@Tiger@Lake79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelPlumMango47 (b) boatmangochai61
  28. 28.🔐 “rainvineriver33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoBrickLotus84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🔐 “Chai.Gold.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Lotus_55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Cloud40 (b) moon_lake_vine_54
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastdustcorn83 (b) KiteChaiLake39
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Hill.Rain74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Drum#83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Is “pearlneemcloud65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Is “BrickRiverPlum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔐 “Mango.Cloud.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. shorter than 12
  3. 12
  4. 2
  5. others can guess it
  6. tiger_dust_river_55
  7. weak
  8. MoonLeafDrum25
  9. Ship@Lamp@Pond11
  10. 16
  11. has a name or year
  12. has a name or year
  13. 4
  14. emojis
  15. Toast@Tent@Shell12
  16. 4
  17. chai#lotus#lamp#32
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. has a name or year
  20. boat-plum-tent-58
  21. 3
  22. brick-shell-hill-42
  23. weak
  24. 7
  25. shorter than 12
  26. 4
  27. WheelPlumMango47
  28. fewer than 3 kinds
  29. 17
  30. has a name or year
  31. weak
  32. moon_lake_vine_54
  33. KiteChaiLake39
  34. 17
  35. weak
  36. weak
  37. strong
  38. has a name or year
  39. 2
  40. 2

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