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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 243 · 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.🔐 “sandleafdust13” 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
  2. 2.🔐 Is “lotusferntiger18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite_boat_drum_28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “leafbrickcloudfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 “Sand@73” 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
  7. 7.🔐 “Welcome.Boat62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Hill48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ToastCornLotus47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 “shipgoldlotusshell” 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
  11. 11.🔐 “Cloud@63” 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
  12. 12.🔐 Is “qwerty74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  13. 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.10 (b) river.shell.nest.10
  14. 14.🔐 Is “Gold@Corn@Boat12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  15. 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
  16. 16.🔐 “cornbellrivercloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Toast@2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  18. 18.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Gold#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  19. 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Leaf88 (b) KiteMangoLotus75
  20. 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  21. 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogkiteseed50 (b) Brick!Vine!Pond35
  22. 22.🔢 How many characters are in “chai.moon.shell.29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  23. 23.🔐 “kitetigerbrick20” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) belldusthillsand (b) MangoRiverBell43
  25. 25.🔐 Is “Toast.Chai.Lake30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Pond.Fern29 (b) neemdustgoldwolf
  27. 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust-Cloud-Pond53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
  30. 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainPondLotus80 (b) Letmein@Gold77
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “VineKitePlum81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
  33. 33.🔐 “Chai#Corn#2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  34. 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiBoatDrum49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔐 “Meera.Wolf.15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamplakewheel44 (b) ship.moon.tent.75
  38. 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) Gold#Wolf#Boat89
  39. 39.🔐 Is “letmein22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  40. 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Vine_13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)

Answer key

  1. fewer than 3 kinds
  2. weak
  3. 3
  4. 9
  5. 18
  6. shorter than 12
  7. has a common word
  8. weak
  9. 3
  10. fewer than 3 kinds
  11. shorter than 12
  12. weak
  13. river.shell.nest.10
  14. strong
  15. in your head
  16. fewer than 3 kinds
  17. 15
  18. weak
  19. KiteMangoLotus75
  20. 12
  21. Brick!Vine!Pond35
  22. 18
  23. fewer than 3 kinds
  24. MangoRiverBell43
  25. strong
  26. Frog.Pond.Fern29
  27. emojis
  28. 4
  29. risky
  30. RainPondLotus80
  31. 14
  32. others can guess it
  33. has a name or year
  34. 2
  35. 14
  36. has a name or year
  37. ship.moon.tent.75
  38. Gold#Wolf#Boat89
  39. weak
  40. 4

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