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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 275 · 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 “plum.rain.lake.72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Sand.Kite35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔢 How many characters are in “FernDustMango15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  4. 4.🔐 Is “drum_sand_rain_79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  5. 5.🔢 How many characters are in “DustFrogKite76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  6. 6.🔐 Is “Corn!Kite!Nest63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  7. 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Lamp.Ship26 (b) Qwerty!Lamp36
  8. 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Lake-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  9. 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerRiverRain18 (b) Fern-67
  10. 10.🔐 “Rain-40” 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
  11. 11.🔐 Is “dust!mango!plum!11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔐 Is “tiger.plum.shell.55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  14. 14.🔐 “Vine!Nest!2017” 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
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Sand!41 (b) seed#wolf#nest#82
  16. 16.🔐 Is “Meera2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  17. 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Shell.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  18. 18.🔐 “chaifrogseedshell” 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
  19. 19.🔐 Is “welcome26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  20. 20.🔐 Is “password86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  21. 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Seed.16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  22. 22.🔐 Is “LotusMangoTiger19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  23. 23.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on a sticky note
  24. 24.🔐 Is “Letmein.Gold67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  25. 25.🔐 Is “LeafLampTiger17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Lamp_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite@drum@leaf@21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔐 “Kabir.Leaf.73” 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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “rain_tiger_river_88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  33. 33.🔐 “Lake!Cloud!2015” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Corn!2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  35. 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  36. 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
  37. 37.🔐 Is “pondvineplum72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  38. 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
  39. 39.🔢 How many characters are in “froggoldwolfpond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  40. 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 4
  3. 15
  4. strong
  5. 14
  6. strong
  7. Moon.Lamp.Ship26
  8. 15
  9. TigerRiverRain18
  10. shorter than 12
  11. strong
  12. 4
  13. strong
  14. has a name or year
  15. seed#wolf#nest#82
  16. weak
  17. 4
  18. fewer than 3 kinds
  19. weak
  20. weak
  21. 12
  22. strong
  23. in your head
  24. weak
  25. strong
  26. weak
  27. 3
  28. has a name or year
  29. 3
  30. 9
  31. 19
  32. 3
  33. has a name or year
  34. 4
  35. 7
  36. emojis
  37. weak
  38. others can guess it
  39. 16
  40. risky

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