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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 195 · 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) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “nestmoonbrick39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
  5. 5.🔐 Is “SandCloudTiger65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “Vihaan!Lotus!53” 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
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Chai@Kite58 (b) Nisha2013
  8. 8.🔐 “Ananya_Gold_46” 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
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Seed#Shell70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “HillDustNeem32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-Dust-Vine47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  12. 12.🔐 “Meera@Ship@35” 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
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog-moon-pearl-89 (b) Cloud-49
  14. 14.🔐 “Ishaan!River!35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  15. 15.🔐 “Password_Shell28” 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
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) DustLotusDrum19
  17. 17.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Wheel71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!Plum!Ship85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Wolf_2008 (b) Tent.Moon.Gold81
  21. 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell-tiger-mango-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  24. 24.🔐 “riverplumbell88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
  25. 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelTigerNeem12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@cloud@bell@45 (b) Diya2008
  27. 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Mango!Pearl85 (b) nestmoonsand66
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Fern@2013 (b) Cloud#Tiger#Plum30
  29. 29.🔐 “plumdrumfern80” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Aarav2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Lamp@Frog@Lotus88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
  33. 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@Brick@Dust84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Boat!Ship47 (b) sandferndrum35
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite_plum_boat_52 (b) Arjun#Dust#89
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  38. 38.🔐 “Lotus!14” 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
  39. 39.🔐 “Cloud.67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 2
  3. 15
  4. others can guess it
  5. strong
  6. has a name or year
  7. Boat@Chai@Kite58
  8. has a name or year
  9. 4
  10. 14
  11. 16
  12. has a name or year
  13. frog-moon-pearl-89
  14. has a name or year
  15. has a common word
  16. DustLotusDrum19
  17. in your head
  18. 4
  19. 4
  20. Tent.Moon.Gold81
  21. risky
  22. 3
  23. weak
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 3
  26. vine@cloud@bell@45
  27. Chai!Mango!Pearl85
  28. Cloud#Tiger#Plum30
  29. fewer than 3 kinds
  30. weak
  31. strong
  32. emojis
  33. 4
  34. Lotus!Boat!Ship47
  35. kite_plum_boat_52
  36. 3
  37. 3
  38. shorter than 12
  39. shorter than 12
  40. 3

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