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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 218 · 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) risky (c) required (d) safe
  2. 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Drum74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
  5. 5.🔐 Is “wolfcloudbrick13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@Corn@Drum29 (b) Saanvi_Shell_41
  7. 7.🔐 Is “River.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya-Tiger-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 “Saanvi-Gold-35” 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
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “admin11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud-shell-leaf-72 (b) Qwerty-Kite65
  12. 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
  13. 13.🔐 Is “GoldTigerLamp23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.48 (b) frog-cloud-dust-30
  15. 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Rain.Brick31 (b) Ananya@Lotus@38
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudWolfCorn53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “boatneemtent18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Tiger-Wheel72 (b) tigerkitegoldlamp
  20. 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Gold.Plum61 (b) welcome77
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud-boat-sand-81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔐 “nestriverpondcorn” 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
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Nest-2009 (b) Pond!Dust!Nest85
  24. 24.🔐 “Drum-83” 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 “HillVineRiver79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  26. 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River-73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  27. 27.🗝️ 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
  28. 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Cloud44 (b) Shell!Seed!Neem64
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Leaf#40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “River#30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandwolfbrickriver (b) nest#dust#cloud#70
  32. 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Toast!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  33. 33.🔐 Is “welcome67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Kite.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango.brick.lake.24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Kite_19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 Is “ShipGoldDust84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password79 (b) ShipRainKite21
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!Seed!River54 (b) qwerty85

Answer key

  1. risky
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. others can guess it
  5. weak
  6. Mango@Corn@Drum29
  7. weak
  8. 15
  9. has a name or year
  10. 7
  11. cloud-shell-leaf-72
  12. emojis
  13. strong
  14. frog-cloud-dust-30
  15. 4
  16. Vine.Rain.Brick31
  17. 15
  18. weak
  19. Shell-Tiger-Wheel72
  20. River.Gold.Plum61
  21. 3
  22. fewer than 3 kinds
  23. Pond!Dust!Nest85
  24. shorter than 12
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. in your head
  28. Shell!Seed!Neem64
  29. 4
  30. 8
  31. nest#dust#cloud#70
  32. 16
  33. weak
  34. 4
  35. 8
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. strong
  39. ShipRainKite21
  40. Lotus!Seed!River54

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