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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 249 · 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 characters are in “Kabir2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Sand-Rain58 (b) Password.Gold42
  3. 3.🔐 “Corn_Tiger_2009” 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
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite!lamp!shell!42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  6. 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password10 (b) Mango_Brick_Seed63
  7. 7.🔐 Is “SandRainWheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  8. 8.🔐 Is “mangotigerfern62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellsandfernleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 “Ishaan.Neem.88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlTentBell36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Rain!Fern18 (b) Password.Hill57
  13. 13.🔐 “Lake#46” 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
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Shell17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  16. 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  17. 17.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Hill!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  18. 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandHillKite34 (b) shipmangoseed14
  19. 19.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
  20. 20.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoRainDrum67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  21. 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “corn_ship_vine_87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “shellchaicloudkite” 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
  25. 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Kite@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  26. 26.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlamppond71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat-Shell-Leaf82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2018 (b) Seed.Tiger.Kite30
  33. 33.🔐 “Admin-Corn31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
  34. 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Vine.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 “Wolf_58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
  37. 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Tent30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  38. 38.🔐 “cloudmangovine15” 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
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Frog!50 (b) Lamp@Cloud@Toast40

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. Toast-Sand-Rain58
  3. has a name or year
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. Mango_Brick_Seed63
  7. strong
  8. weak
  9. 1
  10. has a name or year
  11. 3
  12. Cloud!Rain!Fern18
  13. shorter than 12
  14. 14
  15. weak
  16. 4
  17. weak
  18. SandHillKite34
  19. in your head
  20. 15
  21. 3
  22. 2
  23. strong
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. 14
  26. 14
  27. 4
  28. 4
  29. emojis
  30. 9
  31. 12
  32. Seed.Tiger.Kite30
  33. has a common word
  34. others can guess it
  35. weak
  36. shorter than 12
  37. 4
  38. fewer than 3 kinds
  39. 7
  40. Lamp@Cloud@Toast40

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