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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 267 · 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 “mangotentseed76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔐 “Pearl_48” 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
  3. 3.🔐 “chaiwolfcloudvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
  4. 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverWheelWolf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  5. 5.🔐 Is “VineTigerKite16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  6. 6.🔐 “Leaf.48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
  7. 7.🔐 “Diya-Mango-28” 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
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Meera2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRainCorn76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-shell-dust-53 (b) Vine#33
  11. 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  12. 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  13. 13.🔐 “hillgoldlampwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Gold.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Shell-Pearl69 (b) Tiger.Pond.2008
  16. 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Pond_37 (b) Nest@Tent@Leaf31
  17. 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
  18. 18.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfplumpearlmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  19. 19.🔐 Is “Tiger.Pearl.Brick48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  21. 21.🔐 “Gold@Chai@2010” 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
  22. 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Vine69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  23. 23.🔐 Is “frograincorndrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔐 “chaibellplumseed” 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
  25. 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) Seed@Drum@Frog46
  26. 26.🔐 “Boat.Lamp.2010” 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
  27. 27.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickRiverLamp64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  28. 28.🔐 “Plum_17” 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
  29. 29.🔐 Is “Arjun_Leaf_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔐 Is “Hill.Brick.Lotus18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Lake25 (b) wolf!neem!wheel!75
  33. 33.🔐 Is “lotus#boat#ship#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  34. 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Pond.2012 (b) chai@plum@lamp@75
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “nestplumseed19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Tiger.Wolf76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Boat-Mango64 (b) lotusseedtoast78
  38. 38.🔐 Is “lamp.leaf.nest.41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  39. 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  40. 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Mango!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. shorter than 12
  3. fewer than 3 kinds
  4. 3
  5. strong
  6. shorter than 12
  7. has a name or year
  8. weak
  9. 3
  10. moon-shell-dust-53
  11. 2
  12. 12
  13. fewer than 3 kinds
  14. 14
  15. Lotus-Shell-Pearl69
  16. Nest@Tent@Leaf31
  17. risky
  18. 17
  19. strong
  20. 3
  21. has a name or year
  22. 4
  23. weak
  24. fewer than 3 kinds
  25. Seed@Drum@Frog46
  26. has a name or year
  27. 16
  28. shorter than 12
  29. weak
  30. 7
  31. strong
  32. wolf!neem!wheel!75
  33. strong
  34. chai@plum@lamp@75
  35. 14
  36. 17
  37. Brick-Boat-Mango64
  38. strong
  39. others can guess it
  40. 13

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