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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 201 · 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 kinds of characters does “mango.tiger.plum.73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiDrumMango74 (b) frogcorntoast49
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverSeedPlum18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “qwerty71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlRiverSand29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  8. 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellplumtigertent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellRiverLamp50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Is “Kabir2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 “River!Rain!2012” 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
  13. 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
  14. 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellfernneemdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Plum-89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 “drumpearlgoldrain” 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
  17. 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Corn-Moon21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastPondGold20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🔐 “nestwheellotuspearl” 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
  22. 22.🔐 “Leaf-Nest-2009” 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
  23. 23.🔐 “Neem#46” 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
  24. 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Bell@Kite40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Hill36 (b) ShipBellGold87
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoneemdrumlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 Is “Plum_Kite_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  28. 28.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlotustiger41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  29. 29.🔐 “Bell!Vine!2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
  30. 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  31. 31.🔐 Is “password53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellSandShell85 (b) Ananya_Brick_14
  33. 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  34. 34.🔐 “lampgoldwheelfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  35. 35.🔐 Is “wheelsandcorn87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “HillToastFrog15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Is “ToastPearlLamp41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  38. 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#Corn#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#seed#lotus#10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. ChaiDrumMango74
  3. 15
  4. weak
  5. 2
  6. weak
  7. 16
  8. 1
  9. 3
  10. weak
  11. 4
  12. has a name or year
  13. 3
  14. 1
  15. 4
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. others can guess it
  18. 4
  19. 12
  20. 15
  21. fewer than 3 kinds
  22. has a name or year
  23. shorter than 12
  24. 4
  25. ShipBellGold87
  26. 17
  27. weak
  28. 16
  29. has a name or year
  30. risky
  31. weak
  32. BellSandShell85
  33. 9
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. weak
  36. 15
  37. strong
  38. 3
  39. 15
  40. 3

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