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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 172 · 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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Tent72 (b) drum@dust@neem@60
  3. 3.🔐 “pondtentwheel55” 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
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust_ship_rain_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “Vihaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.42 (b) Mango!Neem!Pond23
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Mango-45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “toastrivermoon25” 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
  10. 10.🎂 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
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Hill@36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@pond@gold@22 (b) Sand@66
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerbrickdrummango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafbellriver14 (b) fern.lamp.lake.21
  15. 15.🔐 “Kabir!Lake!33” 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
  16. 16.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-bell-pearl-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest_lake_cloud_12 (b) Kite_Cloud_2008
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 “Arjun@Vine@89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Bell!Leaf15 (b) brickplumvinelake
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverMangoShell26 (b) Lamp.42
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf!frog!neem!48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lampbrickrainplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn!chai!plum!82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Rain-Shell-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Frog#Dust#Toast16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondshipfernpearl (b) SandTentLake23
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Neem-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔐 “dustsandnest40” 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
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Drum!44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus!Bell!Tent76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “nestboatplumfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Leaf-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandlotusbrick28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔐 Is “tent@tiger@seed@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfFernWheel51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 Is “Ship#Tent#Pond62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🔐 Is “wheel_sand_lamp_35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin77 (b) pond-lotus-pearl-51

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. drum@dust@neem@60
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 3
  5. weak
  6. weak
  7. Mango!Neem!Pond23
  8. 14
  9. fewer than 3 kinds
  10. others can guess it
  11. 13
  12. pearl@pond@gold@22
  13. 1
  14. fern.lamp.lake.21
  15. has a name or year
  16. 18
  17. nest_lake_cloud_12
  18. 4
  19. has a name or year
  20. Seed!Bell!Leaf15
  21. RiverMangoShell26
  22. 17
  23. 17
  24. 3
  25. weak
  26. strong
  27. 9
  28. SandTentLake23
  29. 4
  30. fewer than 3 kinds
  31. weak
  32. 17
  33. weak
  34. 15
  35. 2
  36. strong
  37. 15
  38. strong
  39. strong
  40. pond-lotus-pearl-51

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