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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords

Cyber safety lesson 2: Strong and weak passwords · Set 276 · 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou60 (b) Lotus.Brick.Tiger27
  2. 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampRiverFern35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  3. 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  4. 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome84 (b) Gold_Rain_Hill13
  5. 5.🔐 “Iloveyou_Chai71” 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
  6. 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
  7. 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan-Sand-53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  8. 8.🔐 Is “Arjun2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  9. 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  10. 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!Hill!Leaf63 (b) Seed@12
  11. 11.🔐 Is “Corn-Cloud-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  12. 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  13. 13.🔢 How many characters are in “corn.kite.drum.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  14. 14.🔢 How many characters are in “lake#dust#cloud#80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  15. 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!corn!wheel!26 (b) Nisha-Tent-59
  16. 16.🔐 Is “lotus-mango-cloud-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  17. 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
  18. 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
  19. 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
  20. 20.🔐 Is “Welcome.Nest55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  21. 21.🔐 “Kabir-Plum-68” 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
  22. 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou17 (b) HillLakeTent61
  23. 23.🔐 Is “Admin@Dust35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  24. 24.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf_wheel_chai_40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  25. 25.🔐 “Mango_Lotus_2009” 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
  26. 26.🔐 Is “Toast.Mango.2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  27. 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoFernPearl32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  28. 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Tent.Fern87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  29. 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Rain77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
  30. 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun_Toast_33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  31. 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#River#Ship38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
  32. 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan@Tent@67 (b) ToastNestWolf24
  33. 33.🔐 “Lotus.Chai.2009” 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
  34. 34.🗝️ 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
  35. 35.🔐 Is “Toast_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  36. 36.🔐 Is “Password@Sand81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
  37. 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@frog@lotus@19 (b) goldtigernest51
  38. 38.🔐 Is “river_rain_sand_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
  39. 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password49 (b) LotusPearlTiger30
  40. 40.🔐 “Aarav#Boat#87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year

Answer key

  1. Lotus.Brick.Tiger27
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. Gold_Rain_Hill13
  5. has a common word
  6. risky
  7. 4
  8. weak
  9. 4
  10. Tiger!Hill!Leaf63
  11. weak
  12. 2
  13. 17
  14. 18
  15. chai!corn!wheel!26
  16. strong
  17. 12
  18. others can guess it
  19. 3
  20. weak
  21. has a name or year
  22. HillLakeTent61
  23. weak
  24. 18
  25. has a name or year
  26. weak
  27. 3
  28. 4
  29. 4
  30. 14
  31. 17
  32. ToastNestWolf24
  33. has a name or year
  34. in your head
  35. weak
  36. weak
  37. moon@frog@lotus@19
  38. strong
  39. LotusPearlTiger30
  40. has a name or year

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