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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 192 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#26 (b) ship@nest@vine@56
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Moon_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera!Pearl!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitevineshell27 (b) lotus#mango#tiger#10
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Plum-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Ishaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
  10. 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
  11. 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  12. 12.🔐 “mangorivertiger12” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-41 (b) river!corn!sand!84
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 “rainleafcorn11” 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
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Ship@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverneemdrumlotus (b) Rain!Cloud!Neem81
  18. 18.🔐 “lamptentchai52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  19. 19.🔐 “drumshellkite34” 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
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornshellriverwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “chaiwolfleaf37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus-vine-moon-58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 “Kabir.Frog.64” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “dust@lotus@tiger@45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Mango_Gold_2017” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “SeedTentKite28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “goldtoastbell89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Cloud78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  30. 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) on a sticky note
  31. 31.🔐 “Welcome!Nest13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
  32. 32.🔐 Is “LotusHillLeaf22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Leaf_Lake14 (b) Ananya2012
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Neem25 (b) PlumKiteLamp64
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake#nest#bell#11 (b) brickwheellamplotus
  36. 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_28 (b) SandNeemPond65
  37. 37.🔢 How many characters are in “neemtoastshipnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  38. 38.🔐 “sandleafmoondust” 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
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-fern-river-12 (b) bricktigerpearl77
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “pondsandlotus36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. ship@nest@vine@56
  2. 12
  3. 12
  4. 4
  5. risky
  6. lotus#mango#tiger#10
  7. 4
  8. weak
  9. 3
  10. emojis
  11. others can guess it
  12. fewer than 3 kinds
  13. river!corn!sand!84
  14. 8
  15. fewer than 3 kinds
  16. 4
  17. Rain!Cloud!Neem81
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. fewer than 3 kinds
  20. 1
  21. 14
  22. 3
  23. has a name or year
  24. 19
  25. has a name or year
  26. strong
  27. 3
  28. 15
  29. 15
  30. in your head
  31. has a common word
  32. strong
  33. Seed_Leaf_Lake14
  34. PlumKiteLamp64
  35. lake#nest#bell#11
  36. SandNeemPond65
  37. 17
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. pearl-fern-river-12
  40. 15

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