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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 230 · 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.🔐 “Nisha.Tiger.53” 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
  2. 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Lake!Frog52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Neem13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel#Kite#2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus-mango-wolf-16 (b) Aarav@Frog@55
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Sand!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔐 “Iloveyou!Lamp44” 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 “LakeCloudTiger75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  11. 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedmangolotus74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@neem@fern@61 (b) tigershelldust29
  14. 14.🔐 Is “DustToastLamp66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Vine86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.chai.lotus.59 (b) Kabir2016
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
  18. 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Wheel.Ship27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  19. 19.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudHillChai57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  20. 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
  21. 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Nest48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir@Tent@22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlPlumPond55 (b) drumlakemoon10
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Ishaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  25. 25.🔐 Is “river_kite_seed_62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “shelldrumlotus53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔐 “mangochaitiger51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  28. 28.🔐 Is “plumlotuswolfgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  29. 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedWolfLamp45 (b) Arjun2008
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin75 (b) RiverVineWheel31
  31. 31.🔐 “Vihaan-Gold-15” 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 “Dust_Drum_Vine26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  33. 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudWheelChai21 (b) qwerty69
  34. 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Cloud-Boat69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  35. 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerleafrain51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  36. 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Bell_Wheel65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  37. 37.🔐 Is “corn-sand-frog-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@wolf@frog@27 (b) Wolf-71
  39. 39.🔐 Is “Welcome_Vine34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  40. 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols

Answer key

  1. has a name or year
  2. risky
  3. 4
  4. emojis
  5. 15
  6. 15
  7. lotus-mango-wolf-16
  8. weak
  9. has a common word
  10. 16
  11. in your head
  12. 2
  13. tent@neem@fern@61
  14. strong
  15. weak
  16. leaf.chai.lotus.59
  17. 12
  18. 4
  19. 15
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. 13
  23. PearlPlumPond55
  24. weak
  25. strong
  26. weak
  27. fewer than 3 kinds
  28. weak
  29. SeedWolfLamp45
  30. RiverVineWheel31
  31. has a name or year
  32. strong
  33. CloudWheelChai21
  34. 17
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. strong
  38. shell@wolf@frog@27
  39. weak
  40. others can guess it

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