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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 145 · 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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandkitebrickvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔐 Is “tigerclouddrumriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  4. 4.🔐 “Boat!Pearl!2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  5. 5.🔐 Is “KiteSeedTent82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Sand-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Tiger32 (b) tiger_sand_ship_21
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Dust18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔢 How many characters are in “bell#frog#fern#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell-toast-pond-47 (b) Leaf_21
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Rain#Neem#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
  13. 13.🔐 Is “vinecloudshippond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  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) Aarav2010 (b) plum.dust.leaf.66
  16. 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “nest.leaf.tiger.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Is “hill@pearl@sand@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Ananya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Ship.Toast21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-57 (b) TigerSandDrum66
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus@neem@shell@65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 “Password-Chai19” 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
  27. 27.🔐 “Tent!28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya-Cloud-54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “shell-leaf-dust-24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 “kiteshellmangowheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampChaiNeem13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Is “letmein27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.dust.fern.10 (b) vinetoastbelllamp
  36. 36.🔐 Is “River#Lotus#Plum48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Brick.Plum11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemwolfshipshell (b) Tiger-Lake-Wolf21
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldboatcorn77 (b) lotus@toast@dust@78

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. 1
  3. weak
  4. has a name or year
  5. strong
  6. weak
  7. tiger_sand_ship_21
  8. 4
  9. 17
  10. bell-toast-pond-47
  11. weak
  12. 3
  13. weak
  14. emojis
  15. plum.dust.leaf.66
  16. 12
  17. 7
  18. strong
  19. strong
  20. weak
  21. 4
  22. 18
  23. 7
  24. TigerSandDrum66
  25. 3
  26. has a common word
  27. shorter than 12
  28. 15
  29. 2
  30. 18
  31. fewer than 3 kinds
  32. 9
  33. 3
  34. weak
  35. shell.dust.fern.10
  36. strong
  37. 4
  38. Tiger-Lake-Wolf21
  39. others can guess it
  40. lotus@toast@dust@78

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