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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 138 · 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 “Admin-River76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bricksandwolf23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 “shellvinewheel61” 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
  4. 4.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Hill#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogChaiHill53 (b) Cloud@21
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentbrickseedplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondTentShell45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔐 “Mango!Drum!2010” 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
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Plum_Shell_2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 “Letmein_Plum22” 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
  13. 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Bell47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔐 Is “welcome67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  16. 16.🔐 Is “RiverChaiLake35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Admin-Lotus72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn_sand_seed_26 (b) Vine!16
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Rain.48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Fern.Brick74 (b) Hill_Sand_2010
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Tent.Lake73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lampseedship70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Is “lotusshiprain85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Sand.Pond14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “kite!brick!lake!77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “tiger.brick.river.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#78 (b) lotus.bell.rain.31
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick!23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf_18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  31. 31.🔐 Is “lamp-bell-sand-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty10 (b) Ship-Wolf-Chai71
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Cloud@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatvinecloud17 (b) tiger!fern!chai!82
  36. 36.🔐 “Corn#Fern#2009” 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
  37. 37.🔐 “Iloveyou.Lamp12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  38. 38.🔐 “Moon-Nest-2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoPondToast23 (b) Welcome.Sand49
  40. 40.🔐 “Bell@63” 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

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 2
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. in your head
  5. weak
  6. FrogChaiHill53
  7. 1
  8. 3
  9. has a name or year
  10. weak
  11. 2
  12. has a common word
  13. 12
  14. 4
  15. weak
  16. strong
  17. others can guess it
  18. weak
  19. corn_sand_seed_26
  20. 4
  21. Bell.Fern.Brick74
  22. 4
  23. 14
  24. weak
  25. 4
  26. 18
  27. strong
  28. lotus.bell.rain.31
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. strong
  32. Ship-Wolf-Chai71
  33. 10
  34. 4
  35. tiger!fern!chai!82
  36. has a name or year
  37. has a common word
  38. has a name or year
  39. MangoPondToast23
  40. shorter than 12

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