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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 221 · 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.🔐 Is “bell@tiger@toast@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  2. 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Ship49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 “bellboatcloudwheel” 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
  5. 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Kite-85 (b) FernMoonLeaf13
  6. 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  7. 7.🔐 “Boat!72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Lake-60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  10. 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Brick_59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Mango53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password88 (b) lake#kite#shell#88
  13. 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  14. 14.🔐 “Cloud.Kite.2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  15. 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@Plum@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Plum-Brick82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on a sticky note (d) on your notebook cover
  19. 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeDustPond25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Nest#Vine#Frog57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir@Wolf@85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “tenttoastvinelotus” 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
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lampwolfkite60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Rain-Lake-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Dust76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Moon!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔐 “Lotus@13” 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
  30. 30.🔐 Is “Boat.Cloud.Vine27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  31. 31.🔐 Is “GoldBrickVine17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 “chaiboattenthill” 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
  33. 33.🔐 Is “TentCloudDust49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  34. 34.🔐 “dustmoonvineshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  35. 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@75 (b) Cloud-Lake-Mango28
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandBrickTent77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2015 (b) cloud@lake@drum@53
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Fern46 (b) NeemDustSand30
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel.seed.tiger.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. strong
  2. 14
  3. 8
  4. fewer than 3 kinds
  5. FernMoonLeaf13
  6. 2
  7. shorter than 12
  8. 14
  9. weak
  10. 13
  11. weak
  12. lake#kite#shell#88
  13. 2
  14. has a name or year
  15. emojis
  16. 4
  17. 17
  18. in your head
  19. 3
  20. strong
  21. others can guess it
  22. 13
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. 14
  25. has a name or year
  26. 15
  27. 12
  28. 4
  29. shorter than 12
  30. strong
  31. strong
  32. fewer than 3 kinds
  33. strong
  34. fewer than 3 kinds
  35. Cloud-Lake-Mango28
  36. 3
  37. cloud@lake@drum@53
  38. NeemDustSand30
  39. 19
  40. 4

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